Providence Rail Parallel Substation (Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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World / United States / Rhode Island
railway, electrical sub-station
Paralleling Substation on Amtrak's Shore Line converting 50Kv feeder current to 25Kv for traction power. Also contains breakers for a catenary section break.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak's_60_Hz_Traction_Power_System
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°51'38"N 71°24'21"W
- SS154 LAWN 1.7 km
- Edaville Railroad 52 km
- CSX Worcester Rail Yard 55 km
- Abandoned ROW of Southern New England Railroad 79 km
- SS119 GROTON 79 km
- MBTA (B&M) Wildcat Branch 83 km
- The Minnechoag Mountain cut in Ludlow 93 km
- Farmington River Rail Trail 126 km
- Cedar Hill Rail-Yard New Haven, CT 136 km
- SS71 DEVON Interlocking & Movable Bridge 160 km
- Fairlawn, Rhode Island 0.9 km
- Mount Hope 1.7 km
- Blackstone 2.3 km
- Wanskuck 2.5 km
- Elmhurst 3.6 km
- Lincoln Woods State Park 4.4 km
- Rumford 4.7 km
- Mount Pleasant 4.8 km
- Darlington 4.8 km
- Valley Falls, Rhode Island 6.8 km