prr electrical substations

I have spent days out on the line trying to Photograph the Cat here in the DC area. 

there are a couple books on the cat but House of Duddy was the best source for info back in the day. 

Try Google earth for looking for area shots of the sub stations. In the DC area there still the same from the 1930's there is a sub station in Landover MD. Wilmington Delaware is still the same. 

the 131K lines went to one transformer and stepped down to the 11K Cat. There can be multiple circuits going into each substation to feed multiple tracks both North and south. The 11K circuits would have separate disconnects feeding out. I didn't look up any capacitor banks if they existed. 

Landover was good for me in that it fed north and south and had all the Air breaks to look at. the Benning road Plant was right down the road. Full access around the fenced in yards. 

Jamie

CSX FAN posted:

I have spent days out on the line trying to Photograph the Cat here in the DC area. 

there are a couple books on the cat but House of Duddy was the best source for info back in the day. 

Try Google earth for looking for area shots of the sub stations. In the DC area there still the same from the 1930's there is a sub station in Landover MD. Wilmington Delaware is still the same. 

the 131K lines went to one transformer and stepped down to the 11K Cat. There can be multiple circuits going into each substation to feed multiple tracks both North and south. The 11K circuits would have separate disconnects feeding out. I didn't look up any capacitor banks if they existed. 

Landover was good for me in that it fed north and south and had all the Air breaks to look at. the Benning road Plant was right down the road. Full access around the fenced in yards. 

Jamie

I have ed's last insulators before he retired, really cool and look realistic. 

I have looked via google etc in NJ area and they appeared to be rather empty spaces. I will have to relook at the satellite pix.

thanks, mikeg

Check Wilmington and Landover areas there orginal last time I looked. I have tons of pictures of Landover but would have to find old CD somewhere. 

I just checked and they all have been updated. 

I have a link to Newark Dele substation its modern equipment but the rest is the same. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@3...A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

the link appears to woork. it shows 1 network 131KV  transformer on left  and 8 11KV output disconnects feeding north and south Cat. 

PRRTrainguy posted:

CSX FAN posted:

I have spent days out on the line trying to Photograph the Cat here in the DC area. 

there are a couple books on the cat but House of Duddy was the best source for info back in the day. 

Try Google earth for looking for area shots of the sub stations. In the DC area there still the same from the 1930's there is a sub station in Landover MD. Wilmington Delaware is still the same. 

the 131K lines went to one transformer and stepped down to the 11K Cat. There can be multiple circuits going into each substation to feed multiple tracks both North and south. The 11K circuits would have separate disconnects feeding out. I didn't look up any capacitor banks if they existed. 

Landover was good for me in that it fed north and south and had all the Air breaks to look at. the Benning road Plant was right down the road. Full access around the fenced in yards. 

Jamie

I have ed's last insulators before he retired, really cool and look realistic. 

I have looked via google etc in NJ area and they appeared to be rather empty spaces. I will have to relook at the satellite pix.

thanks, mikeg

i presume all have been updated when electrification was changed from 11000v ac to 25000v ac years ago.