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3995 Brooklake Rd
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Oregon Electric Railway.org

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Oregon Electric Railway Museum
3995 Brooklake Road; Brooks, Oregon
Phone: 503-888-4014

Museum Construction Photos
Electrical Power System

The Electrical power supply is important to operate our trolleys. We take incoming 3-phase AC power and rectify it and to 600 Vdc current. The DC power is then routed to our overhead wire. The return power is via the running rails of the trolley line. We are also trying to make our power poles look like an old trolley line complete with cross-arms & insulators. 

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Powerhouse

PowerhouseThe new powerhouse is ready for the rectifiers to be installed. oerm-sub01.jpg (32079 bytes)Powerhouse in operation for Steamup( 7/00)
Overhead Line
bracketa.jpg (67156 bytes)Mast arms waiting for wires back in 1999. oerm-wire01.jpg (28134 bytes)Crews hang the overhead wire for Steamup (7/00)
oe-row072101-01.jpg (293277 bytes)The overhead here is shiny new and still copper color (7/01) poles01.jpg (31154 bytes)40 ft power pole with cross arms.
poles02.jpg (26824 bytes)Another power pole complete with wiring!

Power Supply Museum

dynamo-032302-01.jpg (344831 bytes)This is a Dynamo, donated by PGE on display in the powerhouse.

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