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Re: LIRR to test retrofitting M7s to run off batteries |
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Posted by Joe V on Wed Apr 21 01:45:52 2021, in response to Re: LIRR to test retrofitting M7s to run off batteries, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Apr 20 21:53:33 2021. LIRR runs far longer MU consists than MNRR does. Most NYPS trains are 10 to 12 cars. Most Huntington trains connect with a Port Jeff train in one direction or the other. Then their MUs cycle on all the branches all week. It would make no sense to have all these Huntington trains, which are all locals, be loco-hauled trains. The entire Huntington / Port Jeff service pattern looks nothing like the Hudson Line. Poughkeepsie trains are not the Croton-Harmon locals.Ridership is poor east of Huntington due to the Huntington transfer time and uncompetitive with the electric Ronkonkoma service. MUs do a hell of a lot better on hills, such as approaching Cold Spring Harbor,and there are more of them east of Northport. Dual-mode trains on locals would be slow. NJT scheduled running times on the NEC and the M&E are a disgrace compared to what they were in the 1980's because they are hauled by electric locos. That means more train sets needed to run the service, which costs money. Whining about FRA can inspections is only something that NJT does because the MMC is lazy. NJT has few MUs and their farebox recovery is no better than MN or LIRR. |
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