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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Apr 13 10:43:42 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by Hart Bus on Mon Apr 13 10:31:16 2009. Interesting post.BTW - If this electrification were to occur and with the pending ESA would there be enough cars to carry the load ??????? Definitely not. LIRR has been short on EMUs for at least a few decades. Perhaps keeping around several M1 sets would have been prudent. At this point, LIRR has not yet decided whether it is going to retire or overhaul its M3 fleet. The plans for ESA include the purchase of M9 EMUs, but if the M3s are retired, then that would automatically tack on about 180 cars just to maintain the current fleet size. Essentially, the size of the M9 order and a decision on whether to retire or overhaul the M3s should tell us whether the ESA service increases are going to happen or not. With extending electrification, the issue isn't nearly as difficult, but it would still take more EMUs than LIRR currently has, even putting aside the ESA service increases of 24 tph peak, a huge problem meeting car requirements when even the usual mishaps, expected (wheel slip in the autumn) or unexpected (delays through HALL), happen. |
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