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Re: Metro-North New Haven Line on track for new cars |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Feb 22 16:01:09 2006, in response to Re: Metro-North New Haven Line on track for new cars, posted by SUBWAYMAN on Wed Feb 22 14:00:42 2006. Just out of curiousity, why? Because they're new? The cars are nearly 20,000lbs heavier than their contemporaries. There IS a trend toward heavier cars, from the 92,000lb M1s, the 95,000lb M3s(?) 89,000 (including 30,000lb AC transformer) pound Pioneer IIIs, the 125,000lb Arrow IIIs (again, 30,000lb AC transformer), up to the Silverliner Vs and M8s which may well be around 130,000 to 140,000lbs. However, the M7s buck this trend radically, with carbody weights some 15 to 20,000lbs heavier than their contemporaries. If NJT can get a single deck Comet V for 100,000lbs, and SEPTA can actually recieve bids on an EMU which would have potentially had a carbody weight of just 95,000lbs (125,000lb initial Silverliner V spec minus the 30,000lb AC transformer), then it is nothing other than laziness on the part of Bombardier and the MTA that the M7s weigh as much as they do. |
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