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Posted by ElectricTraction on Sun Aug 30 20:50:09 2015, in response to Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again?, posted by Joe V on Sun Aug 30 18:25:08 2015. I would go loco-hauled, with ALPs and Comet-style cars but if they insisted on MU cars, I'd probably go with a new design, or take the Stupidliner design, have a company that's not Hyundai Rotem build them and put bathrooms in them, thereby fixing their problems. Still a bad idea, since they look like SEPTA and no other agency should want to look like SEPTA. SEPTA is hell on earth, and no one should want to have any association with them.The M-8 cars are superb in nearly every way, but they are way too expensive and heavy for a system that doesn't need the third rail capabilities that MN needs. I'm not sure how much cost and weight you'd cut just by removing the DC side of the power system and leaving them running off of 25kV/60 overhead. As for loco-hauled, with 4 cars a 7500HP locomotive should be able to really get them moving. NJT's trains are slow, but they're moving 10-12 MLs with a single ALP. They should use one ALP per 6 cars. FasTracks is the heavy rail part of it, the rest is a mix of light rail and stupid BRT lines. It's a shame that they put junk Stupidliners on there, as otherwise the system looks incredible, with all brand new electrification, new high-level platforms, the whole 9 yards. |
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