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Re: NJT Board considering large capital expenditure on new rolling stock, including DMs & EMUs, July 9th |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Jul 4 11:42:03 2008, in response to Re: NJT Board considering large capital expenditure on new rolling stock, including DMs & EMUs, July 9th, posted by j trainloco on Fri Jul 4 11:29:54 2008. It's easy to make fun of, but if and when this course of action by NJT's Board produces no locomotives and the old diesel engines have to soldier on through a few more rounds of procurement processes, playing Russian Roulette might not seem as smart of an idea as it now does to some.The very fact that NJT appreciates that they want a train that can pull power from the hi-voltage AC catenary to keep costs down is a testament to precisely the path that they are rejecting, i.e., electrification. And, as said before, if this technology works out successfully, and not as an anemic, obese gimmick, that's wonderful, but NJT just subsidized every purchaser of that locomotive down the line. Who knew that they were in the charity business? |
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