glennk419 wrote:liftedjeep wrote:Per a friend at the scene, five more City Sprinters were delivered to Septa by CSX this afternoon at Woodbourne.
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WOW. I believe that Siemens is ahead of schedule on the deliveries. That is almost ( if not ) the entire initial order.
Everyone: With this delivery of five Sprinters how many does SEPTA now have on the property?
Any idea how long is the testing process period before they are deemed to be ready for service?
They would need eight units in service to outright replace the eight current motors...Any more
would give SEPTA perhaps much needed redundancy...
MCG: The Comet 1 cars were a short-term stopgap measure at best - these cars dated from the
early 1970s (1972-73) and were for the most part worn out...Letting them suffer from vandalism
in storage was the stand out example of how these cars were treated in the end...
The bulk of the new ACS64 motors are slated for service along with the 55 multilevel cars to be
placed into service beginning in 2019...With ridership increasing there will likely be more trains
in service utilizing push-pull equipment...MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS