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Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Oct 30 23:25:16 2011, in response to Re: Usage of Arrow III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sun Oct 30 19:32:20 2011. . . . and that NJT prefers to operate push-pulls on the NEC over them for whatever reason.Correct me if I am wrong. Doesn’t the FRA inspection regulation scheduling classify MU cars as locomotives instead of classifying them as passenger cars? I seem to recall reading somewhere that the cost of complying with FRA inspection regulations are higher for MU cars compared to conventional passenger cars. Hence the reason why New Jersey Transit prefers to use push pulls instead of MU cars. I also believe this inspection regulation was one of the reasons why Amtrak went with the Acela train sets instead of replacing the Metroliner service with MU cars that would have been several generations newer then the original Metroliner MUs. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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