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Backshophoss wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:49 pm Unlike MN,LIRR units don't have a weight issue to deal with,are you sure of that number,66 units could be the entire MTA order for MN/ConnDOT/LIRR combined,I´m sure.
However, this first award is just the first step in what could be a long line of new dual modes. If approved by the MTA Board, the contract would include 19 base order locomotives with options for up to 152 additional locomotives, including:
up to 8 additional locomotives for Metro-North (being exercised now)
up to 32 additional locomotives for Metro-North
up to 66 locomotives for the LIRR
up to 20 locomotives for the Connecticut Department of Transportation
up to 26 locomotives for the NYS Department of Transportation
Backshophoss wrote:...........still 66 units for LIRR is too high............Since the LIRR is short diesel coaches, could 66 units be for additional diesel coaches (C-5's) ?
newkirk wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:39 pmI would assume so. I heard something a while ago about the purchase of 50(?) single level coaches for diesel routes. Also keep in mind that these 66 locomotives will likely be all dual mode, and no diesel only alternative (or DE alternative to the DM).Backshophoss wrote:...........still 66 units for LIRR is too high............Since the LIRR is short diesel coaches, could 66 units be for additional diesel coaches (C-5's) ?
Backshophoss wrote: Both MN(with ConnDOT) and LIRR are thinking in terms of a MLV II Design tweaked by the MTA ,that was a BBD design,not sure if Alstrom wants to build it.So I guess the MLV II design would be the C-5's ?