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Wouldn't the HEP use some power from the locomotive and reduce its pulling power?

I take some of what Alon Levy says with a grain of salt.

Considering that the LIRR ALCO FAs and the EMD F units had generators on them, how did the the old diesel fleet have HEP supplied to them when there was only MP15 and GP38s?

daybeers wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:01 am

Frank wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:53 pm It doesn't matter how much it costs as long as it gets done.

This is exactly the wrong approach in the place with the most expensive construction costs in the world.

RandallW wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:00 am On Railway Age’s site today: https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/in ... -setbacks/
Includes some details about ALC-42 failures.

From a week ago: Faulty fan holding up opening of $11B LIRR terminal at Grand Central - New York Post - December 21, 2022 A single, “underperforming” fan could upend plans to open the long-delayed, $11.6 billion Long Island Railroad terminal beneath Grand Central, the MTA said Wednesday. “That is l...

Just because they had success in Florida doesn't mean it can repeat itself up in the Northeast. Different environment.

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:22 am Brightline is the wave of the future. I wish they'd take over Empire Service as well. Could you imagine them on the NEC, too?

I haven't posted videos in a while partly because of the pandemic. These videos were taken in the Oyster Bay Branch in July 2017. The first video of of a C3 train ride between East Williston and Albertson Station. The second one is of a C3 train leaving Glen Head station from on board the train. I a...

It doesn't matter how much it costs as long as it gets done.

Subchat needs to be moderated badly, particularly Off-Topic Chat. I'm amazed it lasted this long.

BOMOPTSKWH wrote: ↑Thu Jul 14, 2022 2:43 pm Braille- in the cab.

Pineywoodsman is not going to like this.

I've seen clouds of smoke from the coaches at times, particularly when the train is accelerating.

I wouldn't believe the critics that much. They often utter the same things about ESA. Could the MTA handle the project better? Yes. But still this project will be very beneficial. One of the reasons for the size of the project that if Penn Station is closed for some reason, the LIRR would still have...