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| From | danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> |
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| Newsgroups | nyc.transit |
| Subject | Re: huh? "12,800 feet of new aluminum third-rail"?? |
| Date | 2025-10-07 22:34 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <10c44h5$2rj$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <Pine.NEB.4.64.2510062000350.5657@panix2.panix.com> <10c1q3g$tre$1@gal.iecc.com> <10c43c6$15c$1@reader2.panix.com> |
In <10c43c6$15c$1@reader2.panix.com> tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes: [snip] >The conductor is so large, I doubt the lower resistance of aluminum vs steel >matters much. Losses _in the 3rd rail_ should be truly minimal. >However, aluminum 3rd rail with a steel wear strip is much lighter than solid >steel rail and that has to make life a whole lot nicer for anyone installing, >removing, or maintaining it. Aluminium was such a quaint staple: https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-toyota-aluminum-factory-fire-b806cb2f?st=JtjXKK&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink <https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-toyota-aluminum-factory-fire-b806cb2f?st=JtjXKK&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink> -- _____________________________________________________ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
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huh? "12,800 feet of new aluminum third-rail"?? danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-10-06 20:02 +0000
Re: huh? "12,800 feet of new aluminum third-rail"?? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-10-07 01:24 +0000
Re: huh? "12,800 feet of new aluminum third-rail"?? tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) - 2025-10-07 22:14 +0000
Re: huh? "12,800 feet of new aluminum third-rail"?? danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-10-07 22:34 +0000
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