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

Posted by sloth on Mon Jun 10 07:04:32 2019, in response to Re: Amtrak orders 75 new Siemens Charger locomotives for LD trains, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Jun 10 01:12:37 2019.

The normal move is to have the bad EQ limp to Jamaica and either get cancelled, swapped out, or keep limping. If it can't make it to Jamaica, service is going to get borked, and having a following dual mode versus just throwing everyone on the next scheduled Babylon MU isn't gonna move that needle much.

The reason dual modes do not gap constantly in Penn is that you are allowed 15 mph there, and can get a running start over the gaps. From the station to Brook 1, the speed in Brooklyn is 5 mph. Six-car MU consists have some trouble going east-- and uphill-- over the double slip switches. Sure, you can coast in, but how are you going to get back out?

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