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Re: Raritan Valley Coalition pushing for direct NJT RVL service to New York using ALP-45DPs |
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Posted by J Trainloco on Tue May 14 19:11:16 2013, in response to Re: Raritan Valley Coalition pushing for direct NJT RVL service to New York using ALP-45DPs, posted by Olog-hai on Tue May 14 18:48:48 2013. There are several existing bilevels on the NEC,from LIRR to MBTA to MARC (which Amtrak actually operates under contract to MTA Maryland on the Penn Line). I don't see that any of them are really that useful for short-haul commuting,And yet several RR properties disagree with you. I agree that Bilevels aren't ideal for commuting services, but they certainly have their pluses. Amtrak has elected to go with CAF for their new single-levels and (off-NEC) bilevels. Aside from the new cars being bought to replace the Heritage cars, what new cars is Amtrak buying? with NJT's bilevels being a BBD product,Amtrak would be averse to having them in their own fleet. Why would you say that? |
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