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Re: A new topic for discussion, electrification to Port Jeff and Patchague |
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Posted by Joe V on Sun Jun 16 11:33:56 2019, in response to Re: A new topic for discussion, electrification to Port Jeff and Patchague, posted by WillD on Sun Jun 16 10:59:40 2019. The British MU's are 12'4" high.Say it is 20 DC substations at $1.5 million each ($30 million) verses 2 at $7.5 million each ($15 million) a savings of $15 million is insignificant. Add to that the higher purchasing and maintenance costs, plus shop upgrades of dual voltage MU's, and catenary and poles would cost more than a 3rd rail, there is no advantage, more likely disadvantage. Port Jeff electrification is the best case scenario for any productive electrification. Central Branch as an in-fill electrification that would still have to be 3rd rail if they want flexibility with the Babylon line. So what you will have is a specialty, small fleet of dual voltage MU's purchases for only one branch, that wil only run fora portion of one branch, and 1,000 rather new M-7's and M'9's that would be around another 20 - 40 years. |
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