by lensovet
GirlOnTheTrain wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:07 am They won't buy anymore beyond those two sets and those two sets will end up on the Rockaway Shuttle. Nobody got time for the open gangway trains and discharging if you gotta run around on the express and no clearance to investigate in a tunnel.In case anyone else was confused by this, the original order specified just 2 open gangway trains, one hard shell and one soft shell for the transition sections.
There is an option to get more A (standard) or T (open gangway) cars that the MTA has yet to exercise. Given the situation around these, it sounds like that option will be exercised for the A variants.
Or, if the people in charge care more about flashy slogans and politicking than practicality, they'll choose the Ts anyway, and we'll be saddled with the operational downsides of them for the next 3-5 decades.
Paul Borokhov
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Last RRPicArch addition – NJ Railfan.
Moderator of the NJT and California commuter forums