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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 [For electification to pay for itself long hauls are necessary. The longer the better. I believe the place to start would be the first crew change point. I would think the loading loops should be the last place to be electified. Some of the Powder River mines shut down for periods which would waste the investment. Logically the place to start would be with Union Pacific from Bill to North Platte. [/quote] Spot electrification would work for select segments of track (upgrades, tunnels) if the electrical engineers can figure out a way to incorporate the bi-powered FL9 concept into the mix. Could New Haven's 600v work with multiple units and with adaquate power? What about a connection that takes in 3600v, converts a portion of that to the specs of diesel traction motors and spits out the rest via the dynamic brake grids?
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