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Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Sat Feb 18 14:49:04 2012, in response to Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Feb 18 13:32:54 2012. that's why Penny Bridge, Haberman, Fresh Pond and Glendale stations are still open on the LIRR. (Right?)Different scenario. Even the high platform Richmond Hill was closed on that line. And not every train needs to be an EMU. They can think of ordering a modern version of the EP-5 when it's time to replace the Genesis and use the available coach stock. You're going to have to add the additional equipment to step down to a specific AC voltage and frequency at certain substations; you can't use them as-is. Of course, but commercial power is already available along the line up to Croton to power the substations for third rail. It's not like electrifying from scratch. You'd probably only need one or two substations for the twenty some miles where there's also third rail and I doubt they would use any frequency but the commercial 60Hz. You can't run at 90 mph with a DC third-rail dual-mode loco in electric mode. Why would Empire service trains use third rail anywhere once the line is AC overhead electrified? Besides, we won't see speed faster than 80 mph in MNR domain anyway. That makes no sense whatsoever in light of the call for conversion (and/or duplication) of electrification of the Hudson Line. No sense whatsoever. It's already not as cost-effective as you would want it to be to have EMUs that change from DC third rail to AC overhead. Electrification of the Hudson line is a by-product. The main cause is Amtrak's service to Albany. Whether MNR will get on with the program is up to them. They can keep running things the way it is now, if that's what they want to do until it's time to get new equipment. SLE doesn't run electrics yet either. And where did I say they have to be EMUs? |
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