DC traction power supply and distribution system for MARTA´s Armour Yard Rail Services Facility

Author

Nikouee, Saiid ; Ledbetter, Tim

Author_Institution

Regional Transit Partners, Atlanta, GA

fYear

2006

fDate

4-6 April 2006

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

252

Abstract

The best place to see all aspects of a heavy rail transit traction power supply and distribution system in action is at a storage and maintenance Yard located adjacent to the main line. This paper presents an overview of the DC traction power system (TPS) for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority´s Armour Yard Rail Services Facility. This state-of-the-art facility is constructed for MARTA´s newly increased fleet size to accommodate rail car storage, train wash, interior car cleaning, service, inspection, maintenance, and component overhaul

Keywords

inspection; maintenance engineering; power distribution; production facilities; railway electrification; railway engineering; traction; Armour Yard Rail Services Facility; DC traction power supply; MARTA; Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; heavy rail transit traction; interior car cleaning; power distribution system; rail car storage; train component overhaul; train inspection; train maintenance; train service; train wash; Bridges; Cleaning; Control systems; Inspection; Poles and towers; Power distribution; Power systems; Rails; Substations; Traction power supplies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rail Conference, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/ASME Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7918-4203-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.2006.215315

Filename

1634080