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The generic term used by the International Union of Railways for the technology is overhead line. [1] It is known variously as overhead catenary, overhead contact line (OCL), overhead contact system (OCS), overhead equipment (OHE), overhead line equipment (OLE or OHLE), overhead lines (OHL), overhead wiring (OHW), traction wire, and trolley wire.
The arrangement of catenary supports and transmission wires gives the overhead structure along former Pennsylvania Railroad lines its characteristic 80-foot (24 m)-tall H-shaped structure. They are much taller than the overhead electrification structures on other electrified American railroads due to the 138 kV transmission lines.
A catenary pole of the system. Catenary wires and contact wires are tensioned by individual tension balancers. The basic system unit is an elementary electrical section consisting of a segment of one or more parallel tracks, each with a contiguous contact (or catenary or trolley) wire for the locomotive pantograph and an electrically separate feed wire.
Overhead lines (catenary) Third rail; Fourth rail; Ground-level power supply; Selection of an electrification system is based on economics of energy supply, maintenance, and capital cost compared to the revenue obtained for freight and passenger traffic.
An Amtrak catenary maintenance vehicle. Both a crane and a movable platform can be seen on the vehicle's roof. A catenary maintenance vehicle (also known as a tower wagon or tower car) is a railroad maintenance of way vehicle that is used to maintain and inspect overhead line (also known as catenary) on electrified railroad or metro tracks.
When built in 1973, it was the first line to use 50 kV 60 Hz overhead catenary. The coal it hauled on the 78 miles (126 km) was used by the power plant at its western terminus to power the line itself. The line did not connect to any other part of the American rail network. Operations on the line ceased on August 26, 2019.
Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains. Overhead line is designed on the principle of one or more overhead wires situated over rail tracks. Feeder stations at regular intervals along the overhead line supply power from the high-voltage grid.
Derelict catenary along the New Haven Railroad main line in Mount Vernon, New York. The segment south of Pelham now uses a third rail. The New Haven had no precedent to follow when designing its catenary system. Overhead catenary had previously been the domain of trolleys, except for a few three-phase railways in Europe. No prior experience ...