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Old 11-17-2011, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by stromberg6 View Post
The 25 cps rail road power plants in Cos Cob CT were dismantled maybe 15 or so years ago. I remember seeing flatbed trailers with HUGE transformers on them headed to the scrap yard.
Metro-North converted the New Haven Line to 60hz in the early-mid 80's. Amtrak, Septa, and parts of NJ Transit are *still* 25hz to this day.

The parking lot at Lansdale is next to a substation. Those transformers don't hum, they rumble...
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