I can’t offer any other info, but the second unit is the 2006.
Jim
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I can’t offer any other info, but the second unit is the 2006.
Jim
Mr. "Friendly Service Route", I "blew" one of my ten articles a month to share that here. Sorry to learn you were apparently unable to open. Here it is again, with my hopes you will be able to access: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/nyregion/subway-repair-shop-new-york.html?u...
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/nyre ... -york.html
Most likely behind the paywall. Tip: delete all cookies from NYTimes.com and it should reset your free articles count.
I take exception to the description of the Penn Central logo being described as "mating worms"... Those terms were NOT used in the 1970s specifically...What was the origin of this "railfan slang"? To me this is just another type of foamer nonsense that I would rather ignore... I...
Head-end View wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:58 pm MTEA areas ??Main Track Exclusion Addendum. The legal document that outlines the limits and justification for excluding certain main tracks from PTC installations.
Which raises the question: what signal system is in place north of Dykemans? The one installed in 2000 when the Upper Harlem was upgraded and extended to Wassaic. It’s cab signals without intermediate wayside signals. I’m fairly certain it’s a four-aspect system but I don’t know authoritatively. Pr...
Please check back with Tri-Rail’s web site before you travel. I believe this schedule is temporary, and after as little as a couple weeks they may increase service to/from Miami.
The on-board apparatus supports four aspects: clear cab (normal speed), limited cab (45 mph), medium cab (30 mph), and restricting (15 mph). The wayside system determines what aspect is displayed in the cab, by sending the appropriate pulse code rates through the rails, which is picked up by the on-...
The signal system is a three-aspect system: clear, approach, stop/restricting. The length of the blocks and the lack of a limited speed (45 mph) signal aspect, make it a total throughput killer. Cab signals were overlaid on the 1983 wayside system in the late 1980s, with no changes other than the ad...
The viaduct was rehabilitated in the 1990s. It was not replaced. With few exceptions, the underlying structure is well over 100 years old.
Amtrak’s railroad, Amtrak’s rules. If they wanted to run the train, they would have made Metro-North work around it. They had no problem telling East Side Access to pound salt, resulting in millions (maybe billions) of dollars in overruns and years of delays to the ESA project. I’d guess it has to d...
My understanding is that the all-shuttle-only operation is temporary. I believe that eventually, half of the trains will operate through to MiamiCentral, and half will go to the airport. Whether there’s a connecting shuttle to the “other” terminal for each train is unknown.
One nit to pick: the SPVs never ran to Port Jervis.
The Tier II increase is determined by statute, and is calculated as 32.5% of the CPI increase. So no matter where the money comes from and what rate of return the funding source earns, the increase to beneficiaries is always 32.5% of the CPI (Tier I) increase.
Overdue. But increased capacity at Brewster Yard does nothing for actual train service. Without a new signal system to replace the 1981 cheapo signal system, and a thoroughly upgraded DC traction power system, including new substations, you can’t do a thing to increase service, or even lengthen trai...