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Re: NJT to replace Arrow IIIs with ''Multilevel Power Cars'' |
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Posted by WillD on Sun Aug 5 14:44:11 2012, in response to Re: NJT to replace Arrow IIIs with ''Multilevel Power Cars'', posted by Olog-hai on Sun Aug 5 13:07:51 2012. That's the biggest trick, ain't it.Not entirely. The biggest trick would be doing all this without giving the entire lower level to the traction electronics, ala the DD-AR. Eliminating the 60 seats on the lower level for every third car would give these MPCs a woefully inadequate seating capacity when compared with an equivalent length Arrow or Comet set. I'd suspect they'd place the traction equipment behind the cab, where the impact on seating will be minimized. And no, I don't think that SEPTA would be interested in any, myself. It remains to be seen if the MLVs meet their clearances. At least one implication is that they'll have AAR couplers what with being able to run with MLVs. Why make that assumption? What better profit margin for BBD than rebuilding, for a few hundred thousand dollars a pop, the 'trailers' these MPCs will be coupled to mere years after they were built in the first place? After all, if it has an AAR coupler on the front end the MMC crews might try to put an ALP on the front end of an EMU train. |
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