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Re: New LIRR Diesel fleet coaches will be.... M9As |
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Posted by Joe V on Mon Jan 21 19:17:25 2019, in response to Re: New LIRR Diesel fleet coaches will be.... M9As, posted by Bill Newkirk on Mon Jan 21 15:48:58 2019. Budd frames don't crack in 30 years. You seem to have fallen for LIRR snow jobs like the MTA has - run them into the ground so they look and ride like shit and have to be replaced. Meanwhile, the MN M-3A's look new.Fire up the pair of SW-1001 locos that were once Harold protect engines, intsall PTC (not needed east of Ronkonkoma), stick a diesel-gen-set in one of them, and haul 2 M-3's as a Yaphank Scoot back and forth all day to power their inverters. It has to go all of 45MPH. There is no wave of the future for bi-levels on the LIRR. The diesel service does not have capacity problem (except summer Fridays). It has a frequency problem. Few consists exceed 6 cars. Single level coaches would do just fine. |
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