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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Oct 30 23:37:37 2011, in response to Re: Usage of Arrow III, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Oct 30 23:25:16 2011. 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 carsThat's quite hilarious that they suddenly cannot afford MUs while the LIRR, Metro-North and even lowly SEPTA can. Meanwhile, the brake inspections for the multilevel cars are more frequent than for any other kind of equipment on the railroad, including the MUs. 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 No, that's not why. The FRA does not permit passengers to be carried in the forward power car(s) of a Tier II passenger train traveling faster than 125 mph. |
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