zebrasepta wrote:SCB2525 wrote:I meant the set of NJT comets that SEPTA bought off them in 08(?). Are they scrapped?
25Hz wrote:
We are not going to get any aem7's.
So that whole potential deal fell through?
you should ask BuddSilverliner269 on the issue of Amtrak's aem-7s
25hz is as reliable as a old windows 95 computer
Check the Amtrak forum. Latest rumor from Amtrak employees is that 6 AEM-7AC's are SEPTA-bound. Of course, since those were the remanufactured units they will be the last to be retired...but they are in decent condition. It's the unrebuilt AEM-7DC's that are going straight to the razorblade factory.
28 out of 29 AEM-7AC's are still in service. I don't know why SEPTA was picking up only 6; maybe that'll expand out when more AMTK units get retired. They'd be better off just replacing all their electric locos including the ALP-44 a full fleet of AEM-7AC's and get out of having to maintain the DC traction motors. In light duty on SEPTA the AC's are fresh enough to last another decade or more.
NJT is
not getting rid of EMU's at all. That's also incorrect info. Check the thread on the NJT forum about their recently released fleet plan. Aggressive purging of all single-level vehicles for more MLV coaches
AND MLV EMU's, to be procured by 2020. And not a straight 1:1 replacement, either. The fleet plan wasn't specific on that point, but hinted towards an uneven displacement with some EMU's eating some Comets. And a goal of rebalancing their full fleet by netting equal seating capacity out of somewhat fewer number of cars in the total/all-vehicle fleet (and then obviously adding to the order for whatever % anticipated expected growth is needed).
On the EMU side, would seem to suggest they're looking for Bombardier to make self-propelled married pairs out of the same MLV carbody with same exact seating configuration. As that order's going to be at least 250 units if not considerably more, SEPTA's probably going to want to take a close look at what NJT is cooking up in case glomming onto NJT's order that proves to be a cheaper/faster alternative than going through the pain and/or tragicomedy of doing a homegrown Silverliner VI design. If they don't care about ordering cars with straight NJT specs like MARC did when it took a bunch of as-is NJT-spec MLV's, the R&D and testing all gets done on NJT's dime.
Nobody's rehabbing the Arrows again. NJT is making this move in part because they studied another Arrow remanufacture and it just wasn't worth the excessive cost. They're old. They aren't frequency-agile. Parts are getting scarce. If total remanufacture is as costly as buying new, you're better off buying new. They aren't a viable re-sale option for what would have to be done to them to eke out an extended service life.