From here:
As of 2019, IOC's Carol Lake mine near Labrador City, Labrador utilizes a small fleet of GMD SW1200MG electric locomotives to haul raw ore from the mine to a processing plant. The short electrified railway is the last remaining electrified cargo railway in Canada.The cargo trains are unmanned and fully automated, advancing block by block based on the condition of the block of track ahead. The motive power is SW1200 MG single units, each having a single phase AC motor driving the standard EMD traction generator and traction motors. A horn blows every few seconds as a constant warning that the trains are unmanned.
👀 #railfanning #railroad #railway
A local friend of mine has been putting together a huge outline of ideas for a speculative fiction novel that's rooted in the current geopolitical situation, and we were looking for ideas for fleshing out characters. Specifically, one "faction" she came up with was a group of furries living in an underground bunker, orchestrating a revolution via the Internet and similar technology.
Do folks have suggestions on characters or character archetypes for this group? :3
Got my dipole onto the 12m band while investigating power limit issues for 10m and I might just stay here for a while. :3
Still need to figure out the power issue, though. Using the braid of LL240 coax as the conductor for the loading coil worked a charm. When I was using magnet wire for the same, the turns got hot, but now I don't notice any heat. I also have stacked T200-2 cores, which don't appear to be warming up like the earlier single T200-2 core. At this point, it seems like the matching autotransformer (a single FT240-43) might be the issue, as it is still getting pretty warm. Will most likely rebuild it with stacked cores. 🤔
