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Re: DMU's for LIRR are funded |
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Posted by WillD on Sun Apr 1 16:41:00 2012, in response to Re: DMU's for LIRR are funded, posted by Joe V on Sun Apr 1 11:40:35 2012. They're going to extend the electrification to some point on the Greenport Line at some point in the future. The diesel territory will continue to shrink until the operation of the tiny DMU fleet cannot be economically justified. At that point they'll have to make a decision as to whether they'd rather just electrify the line or cut the service.That's why it is crucial to the survival of the eastern end lines that any extension of the electrification be undertaken with high voltage AC OHLE. A third rail electrification could never be justified to the eastern end of LI, but with the lower marginal cost of an AC electrification the possibility would at least exist. |
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