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Posted by WillD on Sun Sep 26 18:47:02 2010, in response to Re: PHOTOS: SEPTA Rail Rodeo-2, posted by arnine on Sun Sep 26 18:23:23 2010. Yes it has a latch there but not where it would be stowed. The wall for the half cab is still present at far right, so the door 'latch' is hidden behind the door jamb. For what its worth, that's actually the striker plate because it is affixed to the wall, the latch is on the door itself. The bulkhead door still has the armrest under the window, which means all they've done is rotated the door 90 degrees to align it with the bulkhead wall. The cab door is the bulkhead door, and thus the cab can be 'folded down' to provide access to the two end seats when the full width cab is not in use. Ther would be no couches the c/r's should be doing their job, if not SEPTA needs to warn their workers. Still uproariously funny that you think SEPTA's supervisors are worth anything. But also still incorrect because it is clear the bulkhead door and the cab door are one and the same, and thus the two seats at the car end would be accessible to passengers when that car was not occupying either the front or rear positions in a train. SEPTA has had bad relations with their unions and both sides need to act better. But, they should have been sought for their input on going from full width cabs to half width cabs. Why? SEPTA is providing their engineers with a cab that provides comfort unrivaled in their existing rolling stock outside of the AEMs and ALPs. What critical, specific functionality does the full width cab provide that a half cab does not, which makes it worthy of upward of 6 million dollars a year in revenue being sacrificed? "six seats being rendered useless" Wrong they are still seats and can people can choose to sit there or not. Yeah, right. You're a regular laugh riot. Try telling the R3 and R5 riders that, when they will stand before occupying the middle seat. I'd wait for them to burn that kneeknocker seat on general principles, and I'm sure there isn't a jury in southeast Pennsylvania that'd convict them of arson, once they'd seen the foolishness foisted on SEPTA by their unions. Only 1 cab per train should be full width so you have the two on the cab side of the partition and the three on the other side. Wait, I thought this was about safety and keeping passengers away from the 'dangerous' parts of the train. At least that's what the BLE and UTU keep saying. How is the front of the train any less dangerous than the back of the train? Surely if my train is going to hit another train, there's a damn good chance it's going to hit the back of that other train. If that is the case then why are we only concerned about the front of the train rather than both ends? Oh right, because there's no engineer at the back end to sit and shoot the shit with at the back end. |
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