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Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains

Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Jun 10 01:12:37 2019, in response to Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains, posted by sloth on Sun Jun 9 15:57:50 2019.

How useful can a replacement set in Jamaica be for a Grand Central-bound MU that broke down in let’s say Wantagh compared to a hypothetical Jamaica-bound Charger set that just expressed through Lindenhurst? The Jamaica scenario was just an example of the many that can play out. Seeing how quick the LIRR is to use the diesels to bail them out whenever third rail problems occur, and how Metro-North uses diesels all the time on trips to Croton-Harmon and New Haven, I have no doubt in my mind that the operations department of the LIRR would welcome such flexible equipment with open arms.

LIRR owns the trackage on the Atlantic Branch so gapping out wouldn’t be as big of an issue as it is going into Penn. Funny enough, if a Penn Station-bound P32 is having problems running on electric mode, Amtrak will often just send it through and have the engineer coast into the station, same with Metro-North into Grand Central.

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