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Old January 17th 08, 09:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london, uk.railway
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Default North London Line AC/DC question

On 17 Jan, 22:02, D7666 wrote:
TSO and PTSO really ought to give you a clue before looking at the
weights !

OTOH, 10 tonnes seems a bit heavy-duty for a pantograph. Is it an SNCF
design...?


I'm trying to think of exceptions - but AFAIK PTSO in EMU usually
means transformer as well as pantograph .... becuase if it does not
mean that then there is a 25 kV bus line between cars ... see
uk.railway previous yawns.


Yup, I figured. 10 tonnes seems pretty damn heavy even for a 1550kW
transformer, but IANAMIEEE...

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