Shore Line Trolley Museum HD 60fps: Fan Railer Operates NYC Subway Car R17 6688 (Operator POV)

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Part of my annual (soon to be more regular) visits to the BERA Museum up in Branford CT on 7/16/16. I went up with another New York Transit Museum volunteer, Emil (   / mrrailfanbve  , who graciously helped me record these clips of me operating Redbird R17 6688. Check out his channel and give him a sub!

Anyway, we booked four round trips (http://shorelinetrolley.org/guest-ope...) and split the runs between the two of us; here are my runs. Note that I run through a bit of a learning curve on my first outbound run, figuring out where the points are on the master controller and getting a feel for the full service and minimum application notches on the ME-42A SMEE brake handle. Once I get it, the rest of my runs are as smooth as I can make them. In particular, the second run (inbound) is notable for the fact that due to signal issues, we must stop at every red ball and proceed through under rule 504 (stop and proceed), and the third run (outbound) is notable because, after getting a feel for the brakes, I am able to bring the car into the short beach platform at a relatively high speed, making one brake application and bailing off as necessary in order to come to a stop right at the stop marker.

We do experience voltage / amperage issues throughout the day, making it difficult to wrap up the controller, as putting it in full parallel below 15 MPH results in the car trying to pull too much amperage from the line. Once the amp draw exceeds 175 amps (there's an ammeter in the rear of one of the cabs), the substation automatically cycles, cutting out for a split second, causing the lights to flicker and power to be cut from the motors. Once that happens, you must throw the MC back to coast for a few seconds before moving it back to Series (second point). This problem is exacerbated by the fact that the line voltage is already below 600 VDC (closer to 500-550 near the maintenance barns, and dropping to 400 or so out at the far end of the line). This means that to attain the same rate of acceleration, more current must be drawn (V = IR [for you physics nerds]).

As a general rule of thumb, Switch position (first point) is only to be used in low speed yard moves. Leaving the controller in Switch for too long causes too much current to be fed through the resistor banks, heating them up to a dangerous temperature. In fact the R17s were notorious for resistor grid fires back in the day. So typically, you want to either notch up to Switch for 2 seconds, then proceed to Series, or just like you would on the main line, start off in Series.

So in short, enjoy the ride =)

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