New Jersey Transit EXCLUSIVE: ALP-46A 4629 First Day In Service on Train 665 at Convent Station

Taken 6/2/10.
ALP-46A 4629 doubleheaded (MUed) with ALP-46 4601. MAN, the propulsion totally caught me off guard (It kind of resembles the tri-tone ALSTOM propulsion found on the R160's in the city, and for you instrument savvy people, the tone is a G, high G and a high B). And the double loco acceleration, GREAT!!

In addition to the 46A IGBT propulsion, you can hear the GTO based propulsion on ALP-46 4601. If you listen carefully, you can hear the phase change toward the end of the video.

NOTE: sorry about the talking, I usually don't say anything in my vids, but I decided to make the exception here.

MAN, THIS VID IS POPULAR!!! I'll see how many views I can rack up before I actually go and ride the thing next Wednesday...If I'm lucky, maybe 1.5k

Recut of just the acceleration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEq72GrwMAY

EDIT (7/29/10): YES!!! 3K views THANK YOU!

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[ATBtheTRANCER]

That's the Shunk pantograph?

[FanRailer]

@ATBtheTRANCER what? what do you mean?

[Grigorij1967]

Hi friends!

....Siegen? This Trucks are build by Bombardier works in Kassel/ Germany, the former HENSCHEL works! You ´re interested? I have a foto from Transport the Truck 4650 of NJ Transit in Germany!

With best wishes from Kassel

George

[FanRailer]

@Grigorij1967 hmm so they're up to 4650 now... u mind posting it somewhere? and pm'ing me the link?

[peettheengineer]

>> Siemens had a hand in the truck design, since Bomb/SIE

No, there is no Siemens in the truck design. SIE stands for Siegen, the plant, where Bombardier manufacture the tracks.

[FanRailer]

@peettheengineer thanks for the info!

[daborgdorff]

@FanRailer thanks for your correct professional info :-) "the typical sound(s) of this newest IGBT-controlled ALP-46A traction equipment is a derivation from Pulse-Width-controlled RCT-thyristor Choppers introduced in both Belgian Locomotives and Dutch The Hague Articulated GTL8 Trams from 1970 onwards early pioneering in Power Electronics. Innovation started by ACEC / BN = Bombardier Bruges, but Siemens followed some 10 years later.!" Grtz: dAb +>

[TheLastBrainLeft]

Whoa, they DO sound like R142/143/160's! Even if I had no idea this was a 46A, I would notice the sound.

[UraeusAnkhAmon]

@ATBtheTRANCER No

[jamesclements997]

Those're some NICE locos.

[EMK623]

@ATBtheTRANCER The type of pantographs that the ALP-44 and ALP-46 and ALP-46A locomotives are equipped with are called the Brecknell Willis type pantograph.

[GordonFreemanD40]

they sound like toronto rockets

[daborgdorff]

@FanRailer : Schunk Group is an international technology company from Giessen Germany in the range of carbon for Panto's a.o."in Simplontunnel/Schweiz" mit Qualität und Ausführung im Eisenbahntechnik fur die Stromabnahme vom Fahrdraht mit Kohlenstoffschleifstücken" Grtz: dAb +>

[ATBtheTRANCER]

@FanRailer The pantograph of this train firm belongs Shunk(Germany)

[TEMPLE7D]

@Grigorij1967 Not in Siegen... the ALP-46A has different trucks that the DB101

[Drewvinci]

The new ALP46A are dominating against the older ones