by train2
Yesterday I was riding home on the Paoli line on an express made up of Silverliners and this thought crossed my mind: Why did SEPTA bother with push-pull trains? What did they do for SEPTA that the MU car fleet did not provide? Given that 90 plus percent of the rail operations are MU cars, I see the sue of push pulls as counterproductive. SEPTA has to have another line of parts for cars and engines, they have to train and test crews on different equipment, different inspections, etc, etc.
Did the Push pulls go faster, seat more (or the opposite, seat less more conformably).
My express of MU cars seemed to do the trick. And I was wondering what the other train sets do that my MU car did not do?
Only now with the future introduction of double decker locomotive hauled cars do I see an advantage. But that is in the future and 30 years after they started the practice.
Did the Push pulls go faster, seat more (or the opposite, seat less more conformably).
My express of MU cars seemed to do the trick. And I was wondering what the other train sets do that my MU car did not do?
Only now with the future introduction of double decker locomotive hauled cars do I see an advantage. But that is in the future and 30 years after they started the practice.