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TractionTractionRoger JenkinsActionThis month’s picture [below] shows a typical sub-station of the Pacific Electric Railway located on their Los Angeles toPasadena line on Fair Oaks Avenue in South Pasadena. This building probably held several rotary converters to producethe trolley power of 600 voltsDC. The building is locatednext to the SouthernCalifornia Edison plant thatis still in use. The street infront once carried the P.E.’strack. The building is currentlyused for storage by theelectric company.(Coincidently, behind thisbuilding runs the newMETRO GOLD LINE lightrail which uses the old SantaFe right of way that runsfrom Pasadena to LosAngeles.)The other photo [below right] shows another typical pole line with the 3 wire high tension system used by most trolleyoperations. This is on the Brownsville Junction to Uniontown line of the West Penn Traction Ry. The dirt road is the formerright of way. The West Penn Power Co., the owner of West Penn Traction, used the poles to transmit its own poweras well. The plus and minuswires were run in pairs onone side and the ground wirewas on the other side of thepole. I checked several photosand there seemed to be noset rule as to where the trackwas in relation to these wires.Sometimes the paired wireswere on the same side as thetrack, and other times theywere on the opposite sidefrom the track. You wouldhave to check the prototypeyou are modeling to tell whatwas the most common situationfor that line.[rogertrolley.1@juno.com]◆12 • O Scale Trains - July/Aug ’04
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Page 6 and 7: Plageman belong to the West Bay Rai
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Page 10 and 11: INSTALLING KADEE COUPLERS ON AWEAVE
Page 14 and 15: The Acme Steel Fabricating CompanyB
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Page 24 and 25: Get Real Productionsis pleased to a
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Page 28 and 29: Fig. 2Drawing of Side Elevation of
Page 30 and 31: Close-up of Clerestory Windows6Inte
Page 34 and 35: A previous article (OST #14) descri
Page 36 and 37: A Loop Yard in a Small Space“cloc
Page 38 and 39: Slide-out Control PanelWould you li
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