Kawasaki Rebuild Program at Alstom

[ACeInTheHole]

703, 714 & 1705 on the way home on PAS 22K. Cars moving under MBTA
reporting marks instead of MBTX, which is why nothing continued to show
out of Hornell.

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Bout. Frickin. Time.

[F-line to Dudley via Park]

Hopefully they didn't get 'Rotemed' in a negative way during these rebuilds.

[ck4049]

I've seen pictures of them post-rebuild and believe me....they look ALOT more like the Rotems do now.

[8th Notch]

Hopefully they didn't get 'Rotemed' in a negative way during these rebuilds.

That was the plan, they are suppose to get same software and other upgrades to the same spec as the Rotems that way all of the features play nice and work 100%. Even the HSP's have the same software as the Rotems installed to allow for 100% of the train line features to be displayed in the engine.

[Bramdeisroberts]

Hopefully they didn't get 'Rotemed' in a negative way during these rebuilds.

That was the plan, they are suppose to get same software and other upgrades to the same spec as the Rotems that way all of the features play nice and work 100%. Even the HSP's have the same software as the Rotems installed to allow for 100% of the train line features to be displayed in the engine.

Well then, it'll be nice that everyone at North Station will now be able to know that they're approaching Salem

[GP40MC1118]

Delivered last night off PAR LA-2-03 with two boxcars as spacers...

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[MetroBostonRailways]

Any updates on the cars?

[8th Notch]

The ones that are back on the property are hooked up to the 2004 for static testing.

[GP40MC1118]

Was supposed to go out for a road test Friday to Newburyport, but was cancelled.
Should be making another attempt Monday. On duty at 10AM BET and hopefully
behind Train No.113 from Boston. Will go to Newburyport & return.

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[MetroBostonRailways]

Does anyone have any pictures of what the cars look like?

[8th Notch]

I haven't noticed any floating around however I will say they are almost identical to the Rotems from an exterior standpoint.

[MBTA F40PH-2C 1050]

Does anyone have any pictures of what the cars look like?

I've seen pictures of the cab, same set up as the Rotems, 9 aspect Cab signal display unit, same operating computer screen above the windshield. What is odd is that the horn, bell, headlights, all have been converted to buttons, like the 1800's, and located on the panel to the left, and as 8th Notch wrote, look almost exactly the same. I questioned the pictures myself, but couldn't miss the 1705 number board

[F-line to Dudley via Park]

Does anyone have any pictures of what the cars look like?

I've seen pictures of the cab, same set up as the Rotems, 9 aspect Cab signal display unit, same operating computer screen above the windshield. What is odd is that the horn, bell, headlights, all have been converted to buttons, like the 1800's, and located on the panel to the left, and as 8th Notch wrote, look almost exactly the same. I questioned the pictures myself, but couldn't miss the 1705 number board

As long as they weren't fitted with the same gremlins that are making the Brokems' baseline reliability pure and total garbage, nothing wrong with making all these fleet consistency-related touches.

Now, did these things get uprated to 90 (93?) MPH MAS like the Rotems and HSP-46's? Providence Line riders would love to know if they're got a snowball's chance of getting an equipment pool rationed with the faster equipment to betterment of their schedules.

[JonY12]

Does anyone have any pictures of what the cars look like?

Here's a picture of 1705 I found on instagram, the link is below

http://instagram.com/p/vd6kDFQNXN/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bramdeisroberts]

My god, they turned them into Rotems