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jackintosh11 wrote:It was much easier when an engine change was happening for all trains there, because they were stopped at the station for a while anyway. Now, the trains are stopped there for about 2 minutes.Obviously, any split/combine trains would have to dwell longer, but I wouln't say that is much harde. Taking a small hit on schedule would be worth it--the cheapest imaginable way of adding a pseudo-slot on Metro North NHV-NYP would be to tack a section to/from SPG/Vt/Montreal/Inland onto the back of an existing NER, and clearly the NHHS train (or whatever) would have a big padding southbound to ensure that didn't hold up its NER "host".
NERs at WAS have that padding and long dwell, and they've still been a profitable success.
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