Gotta look at it this way - straight electric operations are NOT going away, and are going to expand in the sense that they are getting more ALP46s, even if the entire diesel fleet were to be replaced by dual modes - there is still going to be a need for yard space for ELECTRIC trains - MUs, or ALP powered - doesn't matter, but ALP powered trains are less flexible when it comes to yard and track space.
An extension of the wire to Port Morris would allow for a MUCH needed increase in yard space for Electric Trains. Dover Yard is bursting at the seems, as are the other yards that host electric trains, Morrisville comes to mind - 18 plus yard tracks and it still hard to move in there.
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