SEPTA Wayne Rail Substation & Static Frequency Converter (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), electrical sub-station, railway traction substation
The frequency converter converts 60Hz grid power to 25Hz traction power for the Reading electrification. Replaced rotary converter on same site in 1986.
The substation then converts the 24kV 25Hz transmission power to 12kV 25Hz traction power for the overhead catenary. This is the main supply substation for the entire ex-Reading/SEPTA electrification.
The substation then converts the 24kV 25Hz transmission power to 12kV 25Hz traction power for the overhead catenary. This is the main supply substation for the entire ex-Reading/SEPTA electrification.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA's_25_Hz_Traction_Power_System
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°1'33"N 75°9'19"W
- North Penn Railroad ROW/Reading North Penn Line to old Berks St. Depot (abandoned) 2.1 km
- Reading Frankford Branch (Abandoned) 4.1 km
- Reading Co. Port Richmond (Defunct) 4.5 km
- Fairmount Park Trolley (Abandoned) 6.4 km
- PRR Bustleton Branch (Abandoned) 6.8 km
- PRR Cresheim Valley/Fort Washington Branch (Abandoned) 12 km
- PRR Trenton Cutoff (Original Grade) (Abandoned) 24 km
- PRR Main Line (Northeast Corridor) - Original Alignment 25 km
- Norfolk Southern Morrisville Yard 32 km
- Reading Trenton Branch (Mostly Abandoned) 39 km
- SEPTA Wayne Electric Shops 0.2 km
- Stenton Park 0.3 km
- SEPTA Roberts Yard & Maintenance Facility 1.1 km
- Fernhill Park 1.4 km
- Hunting Park 1.4 km
- SEPTA Midvale Depot 1.5 km
- Germantown 1.9 km
- Olney 2.3 km
- Budd Company - Hunting Park Plant (Defunct) 2.3 km
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 27 km