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Posted by WillD on Mon May 22 17:08:10 2006, in response to Re: LIRR East Side Access, posted by Rail Blue on Mon May 22 03:36:32 2006. They wouldn't even need to buy new locos. Just set aside a few existing Genesis II units and have them shopped to provide the same third rail shoe arrangement as Amtrak's. No need for some complex retraction mechanism which aligns to both heights, just install an already designed piece of equipment for running into NYP and provide a way for that system to be locked down and have underrunning third rail shoes attached to it in the shop. Hell, modify the whole Genesis fleet to give a rotating pool of NYP-capable P32AC-DMs. That way they could be pulled from service, replaced with a former GCT service Genny that had its shoes changed from over to underrunning at the regular inspection. Then when our original unit goes back out, it does so with underrunning third rail shoes for GCT service. From a maitenance and operations standpoint it may be best to stick with a fixed pool consisting of a certain block of the fleet, but a rotating pool is certainly possible. |
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