From: Phil.Kane@nov.shmovz.ka.pop   
      
   On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:10:10 +0100, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On the Fl-9s, however, the engineer had to go into the engine room to   
   >spool up. So, assuming that they ran on the 3rd rail, how did they   
   >change over without having to come to a full stop somewhere?   
      
   IIRC the FL-9 was designed to switch at the boundary of electric   
   territory "out in the open", far from GCT.  The "switch on the fly"   
   never worked well, and eventually all change-overs were done manually   
   when the train made a station stop.  I don't know whether the   
   auto-switch was rebuilt when the FL-9s were rebuilt.   
      
   Phil Kane   
   Beaverton, OR   
      
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