The sticks with five lights on them are wired in series and are connected to the third rail, and of course to ground. That gives you power anywhere in the tunnel, after all, there are no outlets there.
ROAR
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aegrotatio For those who haven't seen it up close, this is on the IRT division of the NYC subway which is the oldest and is in horrid shape and more dirty than you can imagine. The worker taped white plastic sheeting to keep his pants from getting all that nasty grease on it. It can't be washed off without solvents which tend to melt the pant fabric, too. One thing I always find charming about the subway are the tempory work lights. They're usually five or more incandesdent light bulbs mounted on a board. I wondered if there are so many bulbs because they may be hooking them up directly to one of the high voltage systems.
For those who haven't seen it up close, this is on the IRT division of the NYC subway which is the oldest and is in horrid shape and more dirty than you can imagine. The worker taped white plastic sheeting to keep his pants from getting all that nasty grease on it. It can't be washed off without solvents which tend to melt the pant fabric, too.
One thing I always find charming about the subway are the tempory work lights. They're usually five or more incandesdent light bulbs mounted on a board. I wondered if there are so many bulbs because they may be hooking them up directly to one of the high voltage systems.
As a frequent rider of NYC subways while I was living in Da Bronx, I consider CLEAN SUBWAY TUNNEL to be among the ultimate oxymorons.
With five lamps in series, I suspect the leads are clamped to the base of the third rail and the base of one running rail. 600V / 5 lamps = 120V/lamp. They were worlds brighter than the usual one filthy lightbulb every fifty feet which was the IRT tunnel norm.
Chuck (Native Noo Yawka - but I left)
I didn't know Ikea made stuff for subways.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
The track has been "skeletonized" That opening between the rails is for drainage. That is what they will keep open when they make a new pour for the roadbed.
Duck Tape? Pants? Why to keep the rats out, everybody knows that!
That makes sense....though bookselves can be handy.
Second question: What does the guy on the left have duct-taped around his lower pant legs?
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
If you look down the track, you'll see the wooden boxes installed between the rails. My guess is they are going to do a cement pour to complete the rail work.
Yes, interesting. What are they doing, though? Building a bookshelf?
Interesting.
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