Then the ones also capable of 15000V 16-2/3 HZ could probably manage the present 12000V 25Hz, again with some reduced performance and could thus run the corridor. The others could not but would be restricted to the 25000V 60 Hz portion.
TGVs are designed to operate under 1500V DC and 25kV/50Hz AC, with some also capable of 15kV/16.7 Hz AC, and a small number off 3000V DC.
What about floor height clearances.
Just because the ICE ran OK on the NEC, does not automatically mean that a TGV will also do the same. At the time of the ICE test opertion, the operation in Germany was 12,000V 16-2/3 Hz AC. The transformer for !6-2/3 Hz should work OK, with little loss in efficiency, at 25 Hz AC, and the voltage drop from 12,000 to 11,000 volts should have only a minor effect on the top speed, which could not be used on the NEX because of track conditions anyway.
The TGV operateds off of 50Hz 25,000 Hz. It would work on the portions of the NEC, east of New Haven to Boston, that are now at 60Hz 25,000Hz. It could not run on the portions that are stilll at 25Hz, now 12,000V.
USA passenger equipment is generally too large for European clearances.
I see, but will an Amtrak Acela work on Frances TG System? What about platform clearances? What if the TGV cars have different floor heights.
alloboard "...Will a TGV train function properly on the Northeast Corridor rail line and vise versa?"
"...Will a TGV train function properly on the Northeast Corridor rail line and vise versa?"
Not only will it.. An I.C.E. train demonstrator has run in AMTRAK service on the NEC! See link @ http://www.railfaneurope.net/ice/ice_usa.html
FTA:"...From July to October, this ICE was shown to the public at Baltimore, Washington DC, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Albany, Maryland, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Sacramento, Oakland, San José, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orlando, Raleigh, Providence, Boston, Springfield and St Louis..."
And in Regular Service! FTA:"...From October 4 to December 15, the train was in regular service as a Metroliner between New York and Washington DC, at a speed of up to 220 km/h..."
See the above linked site for the Technical Modificatons that were made to enable its operation in the USA. Site also has a couple of pictures, as well.
Will a TGV train function properly on the Northeast Corridor rail line and vise versa?
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