by ThirdRail7
jp1822 wrote:You may consider them separate issues and that is why you are off base. The ALP-45s were NOT ordered with the thought of giving the NJCL a one seat ride. They were ordered for trains on the Hoboken side (where they can be supported and fueled)) and forthcoming services (like the Pocono and Northern Branch services) to have a one seat ride through the new slots that were created by ARC. The initial premise didn't even call for the Raritan trains to have a one seat ride. They were supposed to operate to SEC and turn in a new train yard.srock1028 wrote:And there lies my point (and has been since these ALP45's were conceived):jp1822 wrote: I have a few questions for you mr. jp1822, where do you suppose these engines get serviced and fueled if they run from Bay Head to New York? Where would the ML sets get their daily inspections and under carriage inspections if they run from Bay Head to New York?
If NJT could not support the engines getting serviced and fueled to run from Bay Head to New York, along with carrying Multilevel cars - shame on NJT for EVER ordering them with taxpayer money.These were expensive locomotives to not bring about a major change. And for the record, I consider the ordering of the ALP45's and ARC two seperate issues.
Now that you don't have new slots, you have an orphan engine. If you want to point fingers at NJT, they should only be held accountable for being cowards. When the Bay Head residents started crying like Nancy Kerrigan about the train yard that had been there for decades, NJT should have told them to pound sand. They didn't and gave up the fueling facility.
The joke is on the NIMBY crowd which unfortunately impacts towns along the rest of the line. I
I want my road foreman!