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Re: LIRR needs to improve ROW maintenance; new dieseld |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Oct 2 20:18:56 2007, in response to Re: LIRR needs to improve ROW maintenance; new dieseld, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Oct 2 20:12:45 2007. But the MTA does the ordering. They ALWAYS treated the LIRR differently than Metro North. Even in the old diesel days, Metro North had beautiful shiney paint on it's engines, an attractive paint scheme, and just a better look. The LIRR had FLAT drab paint thrown on it's GP38's, MP15s, etc, and it didn't even have a real paint scheme, especially in the later years. They didn't even get glossy paint!!!And while I LOVED the old diesel coaches, at the railfanning is where they end. They WERE rolling disasters to the commuters, and it was a sin that they ran them as long as they did, while Metro North had really nice diesel coaches (the same ones thet have now). The LIRR's looked like something out of a museum, and they were completely falling apart. WHile I don't agree about the bi-levels sucking, I have to agree, the MTA runs the LIRR like shit, compared to Metro North. |
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