C3M Successfully Completes Outage Work on the Portland Trimet Red Line Project
/Congratulations to the Portland TriMet Red Line team on successfully completing their summer outage work!
During a 121-day summer outage, C3M’s scope included:
Installing 47 overhead catenary system (OCS) poles and brackets;
Prefabricating and installing 93 OCS arms;
Pulling 30,000 feet of either 350 or 500-kilo circular mils OCS wire and auxiliary power feeders;
Installing disconnect switches, surge arresters, balance weights, section insulators, and other support structures;
Pulling 2,000 feet of underground cable from the traction power substation to energize the system.
the team performing a Pantograph clearance testing
the team installing one of forty-seven overhead catenary systems (OCS)
The Portland TriMet Red Line OCS final product
Testing went smoothly, and trains are now running to and from the Portland International Airport. Crews have started moving to the Gateway section of the project in preparation for the upcoming January outage.
