Re: New trains for Melb????

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:01:02 -0700

Rodney T. Young wrote:
>
> But as the Panto is a limiting factor to the amount of power/amps that can
> be withdrawn from the overhead, that probably wouldn't work either....not
> having much luck are you David....but he who guesses always pays the
> bill!...eh!

I missed the post which this was replying to, but I know that pantographs are
good for at least 1500 Amps. More of a limiting factor would be the length of
the catenary run in a section.

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