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Electrification - Electric Power Company Co-Location / Overbuild of Transmission Lines with Catenary
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>BNSF Watcher,</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>I have heard about the belowground alternative as being D.C.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I imagine that this is a really complex issue of electrical transmission with lots of tradeoffs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It would be interesting to learn more about HVDC power transmission. </FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>CNW 6000,</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>The actual rights to a corridor is an interesting question, especially when you consider that there is volume of the corridor both below and above the surface plat.</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>My assumption would be that the railroad companies are in the driver’s seat for calling the shots in any offer to split off special rights to utilities to run power lines on those rail corridors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, this idea has “public good” written all over it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Private railroad companies may therefore feel an unusual pressure to acquiesce to the addition of power lines to their corridors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I should think that private railroad companies would feel rather defensive about the possibility of their corridors being commandeered for the public good.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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