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 #1465291  by dowlingm
 
There had been talk of RTM pushing to electrify the rest of their network with REM grabbing their 25kV trackage. Well, that's over:
  • MR-90s to be maintained until early 2020s then done
    Dual modes to be disposed
    "Clean diesel" locomotives to be acquired
Given RTM will lose a huge portion of their Gare Centrale operation, they will likely not require a large % of their BBD multilevels (and have 24 CRRC ones inbound anyway).

So basically if NJT honchos woke up this morning feeling like good news might be coming their way...
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 #1465318  by D40LF
 
dowlingm wrote:There had been talk of RTM pushing to electrify the rest of their network with REM grabbing their 25kV trackage. Well, that's over:
  • MR-90s to be maintained until early 2020s then done
    Dual modes to be disposed
    "Clean diesel" locomotives to be acquired
Given RTM will lose a huge portion of their Gare Centrale operation, they will likely not require a large % of their BBD multilevels (and have 24 CRRC ones inbound anyway).

So basically if NJT honchos woke up this morning feeling like good news might be coming their way...
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Can they get out of the CRRC deal? There might be some financial penalties, but a surplus of cars isn't good either.
As far as NJT goes, those ALPs would be a good option for replacing some of their older locos.