by railfanofewu
I have read that MARC is going to buy a few Gallery Cars from METRA. Is it true? I mean, are they compatible with the area. Under the wire, and some High Platform Stations on the Northeast Corridor, or some other line.
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Tadman wrote:Heck Metra's ICG electric district runs gallery cars exclusively. It always puzzled me why they would de-energize catenary out east when they've been running bilevels for years out west under wire.Well, the clearances here East are much tighter. Also, the Metra Electric wire is only 1500 volts DC, IIRC.