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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sun Jul 29 15:33:08 2012, in response to Re: Amtrak's ACS-64 design, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Jul 29 14:30:31 2012. Question: are they salvageable enough to be viable in a secondary commuter market?Admittedly, this is one of those things that different between electrification in the United States and Europe. DB can basically cascade their older units to regional or freight services as new units come in, but nobody is going to touch Amtrak's stuff. MARC allegedly isn't fond of their units and may not want ones that have been beaten up even further, MBTA isn't going to wire anything, Caltrain is more likely to hold out for real multiple units given their desire to run at high performance levels, Denver is already waiting for new Silverliners to show up from Rotem, and hell, the MTA would probably say no. NJT has enough locomotives on property, and it's not going to work with Chicago's electrification schemes. And hell, SEPTA hasn't shown much fondness for locomotives and they'd more likely to pump out a few extra cars for the Silverliner V order. These things are going to scrap... |
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