by F-line to Dudley via Park
Springfield Line doesn't have any onerous vertical clearance restrictions, so lease power can be literally anything that has capability for a non-convoluted cab signal + ACSES install. Even stuff that has never been deployed in this neck of the woods before, like F59PH's. Since the T's inoperable Screamers don't have cabs or PTC either some fresher power dispersals from Metrolink or GO (if 480V is doable) probably have better shot. They won't have a problem finding something serviceable on the aftermarket.
Cab cars are going to be a bigger problem. The T's stored units need an upgrade from ACSES I to ACSES II firmware for the Springfield Line's and New Haven Line's new PTC installations. The existing installs are 16 years old and more or less at rated component replacement age, so there's probably little to no cost savings as they'd need completely new signal equipment any which way in order to transact to a new railroad. The T may have also picked over a lot of the stored cabs for spare signal units to feed the residual fleet. The units held on the Cape for possible Cape Flyer repurposement don't travel in ACSES I territory on the Old Colony Lines, so they're fair game to raid for parts. They'll need upgrade anyway if they're still operating when the Old Colony gets ACSES II in a few years.
I'm almost certain MARC has already taken its scrap bids on the MARC IIA fleet and has only held over a few for conversion to additional bike cars...so those are already past-tense. The IIB's were the ones loaned out to SEPTA during the Silverliner V outage, not any stored IIA's. And they need the IIB's back at home to backstop the fleet when their Kawasaki bi-level midlife overhaul program starts soon. IIB's aren't going to be available for short-term lease.
I honestly can't think of anyone else who's got spare flats. NJT has purged nearly all stored Comets, the Constitution Liners still rotting in NHV aren't FRA-compliant anymore without self-defeatingly costly overhaul, and nobody else has a new procurement scheduled that's going to displace any old 48-inch boarding coaches on timetable anywhere near next 12-24 months.
Cab cars are going to be a bigger problem. The T's stored units need an upgrade from ACSES I to ACSES II firmware for the Springfield Line's and New Haven Line's new PTC installations. The existing installs are 16 years old and more or less at rated component replacement age, so there's probably little to no cost savings as they'd need completely new signal equipment any which way in order to transact to a new railroad. The T may have also picked over a lot of the stored cabs for spare signal units to feed the residual fleet. The units held on the Cape for possible Cape Flyer repurposement don't travel in ACSES I territory on the Old Colony Lines, so they're fair game to raid for parts. They'll need upgrade anyway if they're still operating when the Old Colony gets ACSES II in a few years.
I'm almost certain MARC has already taken its scrap bids on the MARC IIA fleet and has only held over a few for conversion to additional bike cars...so those are already past-tense. The IIB's were the ones loaned out to SEPTA during the Silverliner V outage, not any stored IIA's. And they need the IIB's back at home to backstop the fleet when their Kawasaki bi-level midlife overhaul program starts soon. IIB's aren't going to be available for short-term lease.
I honestly can't think of anyone else who's got spare flats. NJT has purged nearly all stored Comets, the Constitution Liners still rotting in NHV aren't FRA-compliant anymore without self-defeatingly costly overhaul, and nobody else has a new procurement scheduled that's going to displace any old 48-inch boarding coaches on timetable anywhere near next 12-24 months.