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Re: Railfan windows return to the 7 |
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Posted by VictorM on Mon Jul 16 14:36:03 2012, in response to Re: Railfan windows return to the 7, posted by randyo on Sat Jul 14 16:49:35 2012. I wouldn’t be surprised if Corona’s R62A cars are assigned to the #4 instead of the #6 when the swap takes place. Consider this: According to Joe Korman’s site, the #4 and #7 are assigned almost exactly the same number of cars, 410 vs 409, but the #6 is assigned 460. This means that if Corona’s cars are transferred to Westchester yard, Westchester would have to maintain a mix of R62A and R142A cars. However if Corona’s cars are transferred to the 4, andJerome yard’s R142 and 142A’s transferred to Westchester, then Jerome, which already maintains 20 R62A cars for the 42 St shuttle, would be 100% R62A, while Westchester would maintain two much more similar R142 & 142A fleets, simplifying maintenance at both yards. Also, the 4 makes fewer stops than the 6, so the narrower door openings would be less of a problem. |
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