Third rail

Fueled by a new federal grant, Tri-Rail is on track to replace nearly a third of its engines and passenger cars with brand-new equipment. “I don’t use the word gamechanger often, but this is a gamechanger,” said David Dech, the veteran railroad executive who last year became executive director of Tri-Rail’s parent, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. The federal government announced Friday that the 72-mile-long rail service linking Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach…

PRR Lightweight MP52 third-rail car

High quality photograph of Amtrak Budd Power Car # Amtrak 27 at New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Photographed at Waterloo Station in October 1988, at the Ian Allan Network 150 Day. This locomotive was designed to work on British Rail's Southern Region third rail system electrified lines only. It was one of a small class of... more

1961 sees a GG1 exiting the North River Tunnel, North Tube. The portal house above the portal and the third rail give it away, along with the high concrete walls.

Gatwick Express Class 442 third-rail electric multiple-units in London

PRR Heavyweight MP38 third-rail car

Corona Yard, Saturday October 31 in service for World Series Game 4.