Jishnu wrote:Yesterday at TransAction 2012 in Atlantic City, there was a session on the ALP45-DP in which a gentleman from Foley presented on the Caterpillar prime mover and a gentleman from Bombardier presented on the locomotive. Both were very good presentations full of very useful and detailed facts about the units. A few interesting tidbits that I learned are:
i. The Montreal derailment was not caused by the locomotive but by a track defect. The report is to be released officially within the next couple of days.
ii. NJT has 8 ALP45-DPs on property.
iii. The Pueblo tests have been completed successfully. In those tests the units were tested in e-Mode at upto 125mph.
iv. NJT is likely to introduce them in commercial service in late summer, most likely on the Montclair-Boonton Line. This last piece of information from an NJT gentleman in the session on "How does NJT Compare with other Transit Agencies" which was moderated by the Editor in Chief of Railway Age.
TransAction is a fun dog and pony show for those who are not intricately involved with the railroad industry, but for those of us who are, there is really nothing to learn from what goes on there. Nothing you posted is really news that you couldn't have already found out from reading my posts here. It's nice of you to report on what happened though for those here who aren't so much in "the know" and also just to make sure that I'm not completely off my rocker.
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http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 0#p1019918
2. well that's just wrong info. NJT has much more than 8 ALP-45's on property.
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http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 25#p994902
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http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... 0#p1019943
So you see, you could have saved all that money and just read my posts for better info than you picked up at TransAction. Actually, that gives me an idea... I'm going to hold a rival event called CruiserCon. You can pay me your money and I'll just answer some questions that you might have about NJT and maybe charge a little extra for fields trips to places on the property. Included in the registration fee will be rental of a sleeping bag or aero-mattress so you can have a Cruiser Camp-out and also signature Cruiser blend coffee in the mornings. You can even purchase some coffee, which I'll trademark "Cruiser Grind", to bring home to your loved ones as you recount tales from you amazing CruiserCon experience!
To loosely quote Capt. Jack Aubrey from the movie Master and Commander: "NJT runs a railroad, not a private yacht! WE DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR YOUR DAMNED HOBBIES, SIR!"
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