ELECTRIFICATION OF US OPENING RAIL BRIDGES

Electrification of the final stretch of the busiest passenger railway in the USA required substantial modification to five existing opening bridges - some nearly 100 years old - to accommodate 25 kV overhead power lines. This paper reports on the development and installation of an innovative, moving catenary system, believed to the first of its kind in the world, which has breathed new life into an ageing infrastructure. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Wilson, R
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. CIVIL ENGINEERING
• Publication Date: 2003-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 86-93
• Serial:
  • Volume: 156
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bascule bridges; Electricity; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Improvements; Railroad tracks; Railroad trains; Speed; Swing bridges
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 3486: Bascule bridge; 6954: Electricity; 1163: High speed; 9108: Improvement; 1062: Railway track; 3488: Swing bridge; 1268: Train; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00961439
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 13 2003 12:00AM