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What other agency has a performance requirements such as these LIRR units (which were mandated that they must be finished in NY State).
I'll bet no one else would want these units after their service life as commute power are over.
EMDiesel's goal is to beat GE Erie!!
I'll bet no one else would want these units after their service life as commute power are over.
EMDiesel's goal is to beat GE Erie!!
1) They don't meet current FRA crashworthy stds.
2) They have more stainless steel in them than any customer (other than LIRR) would be willing to pay for.
3) They were essentially an exercise in custom building that one would suspect EMD diesel will stay away from.
4) I wouldn't be surprised that if a customer wanted EMD Diesel powered passenger locos-they will be purchasing them through ALSTOM.
2) They have more stainless steel in them than any customer (other than LIRR) would be willing to pay for.
3) They were essentially an exercise in custom building that one would suspect EMD diesel will stay away from.
4) I wouldn't be surprised that if a customer wanted EMD Diesel powered passenger locos-they will be purchasing them through ALSTOM.
Do you know WHY the LIRR wanted so much stainless steel? Just aesthetics, or was there some structural reason (the DE/DM-30 carbody is unusual in lots of ways!)?
AmtrakPhill629 wrote:Are they going to build DE/DM30's again? LIRR is the only railroad with these units.I doubt it since the DE30's have been so much trouble. Also, it would appear that EMD has exited the passenger locomotive business.