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Re: LIRR needs to improve ROW maintenance; new dieseld |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Oct 3 17:16:43 2007, in response to Re: LIRR needs to improve ROW maintenance; new dieseld, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Oct 3 10:08:14 2007. We are? At this point there are probably more posts in this thread which deal with the electrification of the LIRR with high voltage AC wire than with third rail. Full reelectrification of the LIRR's existing third rail is not required because as the New Haven line graphically illustrates AC/DC sources are not a problem. It doesn't matter what service operates east of Ronk and Babylon now, clearly there is a demand for more service west of there as witnessed by the crowding at Ronkonkoma. You'd end up blowing more money buying and maintaining the whole two dozen DMUs to operate the far east end services than electrifying and operating shuttles with AC/DC EMUs.How is it that NJT and SEPTA never have these problems with their fleets during snow? Hell, SEPTA has no passenger diesels and manages to do a better job operating during snow storms. |
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