Rotems "freebie" was the rehab of the Comets for service,but that was before the truck casting cracking started.
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MACTRAXX wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:28 pm Trainspot (TD): ALP44 2308 was a "gift" from Alstom back in 1995 for the long delay of the Norristown HighActually, it was Adtranz, not Alstom. IIRC the N5s were late, overweight, and a few other issues. The M4s on the MFL had issues too. I remember hearing from someone that the aggressive duty cycle was an issue for the early AC inverter technology used, and that pushed the weight of the cars up a bit. Supposedly. As an aside - they changed the BSL cars out from GE camshaft control (like the LIRR M3s) to an IGBT chopper system. Between maintenance, motor, power, and regen, the payback was estimated to be about 10 years...
Speed Line N5 cars - and was just retired by SEPTA in the past year.
AlKaLI wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 11:45 am Last night coming home on the LIRR at 5:26 PM, caught CSX SD40-2 8857 + 1 more SD and a C40? towing M-9 cars to Fresh Pond (Oak Point link). Train was through the trees so I couldn't get any numbers or a count. Lucky to catch a movement like that in the afternoon.9021/9022. Coming back from receiving mods at Yonkers. CSX picked it up from Highbridge and took it straight to Pond.