Amtrak Richmond Static Frequency Converter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
USA /
New Jersey /
Pennsauken /
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ Pennsauken
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, Amtrak, electrical sub-station
Static frequency converter station, converting 60Hz grid power to 25Hz transmission power for Amtrak's electrification system (overhead catenary), with 130MW capacity. Replaced the nearby rotary converter in mid-1990's. One of the primary power sources for the Northeast Corridor.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak's_25_Hz_Traction_Power_System
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°59'2"N 75°4'41"W
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 4.2 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 7.1 km
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 8.3 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 12 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 13 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 20 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 22 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 25 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 30 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 38 km
- Northeast Water Pollution Control 0.6 km
- Tioga Marine Terminal 0.8 km
- Interstate 95 Exits 26 & 27 1.4 km
- Port Richmond 1.7 km
- Bridesburg 1.9 km
- Frankford 3.5 km
- Juniata Park - Feltonville 4.6 km
- Camden County, New Jersey 24 km
- Burlington County, New Jersey 33 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 35 km