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Re: Massachusetts state senate backs plan to electrify MBTA Providence and Fairmount commuter lines

Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 18 06:56:09 2018, in response to Re: Massachusetts state senate backs plan to electrify MBTA Providence and Fairmount commuter lines, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri May 18 01:21:38 2018.

Stadler's rather decent at customized projects, and the move to modular frameworks makes the high floor issue less of a problem

Ah, so you do have stock in that company. Now the question is if MBTA has the dough to retrofit their shops for MUs rather than just deal with some electric locos.

A multiple unit will out accelerate the ACS-64

Nope; that's only dependent upon the comparable load that the ACS-64's moving. A six-car bilevel train means MUs not competitive.

So why deny ourselves fastest scheduled services by buying electric locomotives?

EMUs do not guarantee "the fastest schedules". They would, however, guarantee higher maintenance costs and increased spare parts inventories over putting locos on existing stock.

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