In article <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]> wrote:

Eurostars were significantly limited in power on the 3rd rail, as the supply could only offer something like a third of the power available on 25 kV. The only
reason the UK southern 3rd rail system extends as far as it does is for historical reasons. Now that multi-system vehicles are easy to build and design, there
is really no reason to perpetuate such a system other than the expense of changing it out for something newer (see, also, the 25 Hz PRR NEC system).

Oh, I agree, but getting up to 100 mph on the way to Bournemouth is
still pretty cool.

All the new electrifcation in London is OHLE and there are through
services like Thameslink that are OHLE on one section and 3rd rail on
the other.

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On Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 6:28:00 PM UTC-5, John Levine wrote:

Oh, I agree, but getting up to 100 mph on the way to Bournemouth is
still pretty cool.

They said the M-1 fleet of the LIRR was able to 100 mph when
it was new. I don't think it ever did in service.

The SEPTA Silverliner IV's (1974) were supposed to do 100 mph
but I don't think ever did in service.

The NJDOT Arrow cars could do 100 mph and routinely did so on
the NEC. At least until they were sent out for a rebuild, and
then could only do 90 or only 80. Ridiculous. They added
a half hour on the run between Trenton and NYC.

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