Kawasaki Rebuild Program at Alstom

[GP40MC1118]

The 1706 was in Kingston Friday according to a friend.

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[sonicdoommario]

Was it being used as a control car or just a car within the set? Haven't seen it on GPS in months.

Also, the 771, 772, and 774 have been sent out to Alstom, with the 755 returning.

[sonicdoommario]

738 and 754 both returned to service today. The original 50 BTCs have now all been rebuilt and are back in service.

[Commuterrail1050]

more than likely 1706 is blind on a set. Haven't seen which set it was though.

[sonicdoommario]

760 and 770 are on their way out to New York next. Seems like they've really picked up the pace of sending more cars out the last several months?

[sonicdoommario]

757 is also back in testing, looks like for real this time too.

[sonicdoommario]

755 returned to service this week. Quick rebuild, only went out this past March I think.

[sonicdoommario]

767 and 769 also back home this week for testing.

[sonicdoommario]

757 and 767 have now rejoined service. 757 was on the 1723 7-double set, 767 on the 1816 4 double/1 flat set.

[GP40MC1118]

Photo on NERAIL Photo Archives yesterday of the 781 in East Deerfield on the way back home.

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http://photos.nerail.org/s/?p=254528

[sonicdoommario]

769 also back in service as of yesterday.

Also, some of these cars are coming back quickly this year. I imagine the BTCs are quicker to rebuild than the control cars, which are all rebuilt at this point? Feels like they're coming home after 6 months as opposed to up to a year.

[sonicdoommario]

758, 761, 763 all sent out to Alstom.

[sonicdoommario]

781 back in service now, haven't tracked it down on a set yet.

762 will be the next car going out to Alstom. I believe this is the car that is completely blue and has the "No brainer" decal on it, I imagine this car will go back to looking normal?

[GP40MC1118]

Nothing that comes back from Alstom is "wrapped", so probably not.

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