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Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Jun 10 06:39:16 2019, in response to Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains, posted by Joe V on Mon Jun 10 04:16:24 2019. It isn't intended to vent diesel exhaust fumes, or diesels would not be banned in the first place in GCT and Penn Station. It is quite a smoky mess when that happens. No way will that be tolerated down in the ESA Bunker.With the technology that exists today and the high profile of Grand Central, there's no reason why the ventilation system there shouldn't be able to handle a little bit of occasional diesel exhaust should a dual-mode break down in electric mode and have to coast through the tunnel or run on Notch 1. My main point though was that the LIRR won't have to double-end their trains going into Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal in this very and highly hypothetical scenario, thus saving money on having to buy additional locomotives. Metro-North hasn't banned diesels into Grand Central either, they're just highly frowned upon. The Garbage train that runs there on a frequent basis is diesel-powered, the engineer just has to make sure that they coast and/or take it easy on the throttle through the tunnel, just like Amtrak/LIRR trains do at Penn when they're having trouble running on electric mode. Charger's in the Midwest give them a lot of headaches, especially sucking up snow in that huge "X" vent on the side. Yeah, the mechanics aren't huge fans of their "complicated" systems either, but the suits love them. The Charger is shaping up to be one of the most successful locomotives in years. |
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