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Posted by Avid Reader on Mon Oct 7 10:32:13 2013, in response to Re: LIRR Looking to Supplement Current Diesel Fleet, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Oct 6 17:09:06 2013. They are apparently in service, but running out of Hoboken. Whatever bugs they have are being shaken out. They were designed to work with MLVs and Comets. Use with Comets may be the least expensive because of car weight(fuel consumption) and rental (old cars sitting idle). With 11 NJT currently in service that would leave 24 of the entire order out of service. How many of the total order have been delivered? How many still need Sandy related repair or servicing? If they still require observation while in service, hey, observe them on Oyster Bay, Port Jeff or Patchogue lines. The pants would be needed in in and out of NYPenn. They run on overhead wires instead of third rail; so far, their reliability out on the road is still being observed. Power-wise, they have over a thousand more horses in diesel mode than the DM30ACs, but they also have double the number of cylinders. They are apparently NJT's thirstiest hogs while in diesel mode. They can run with all Comets and MLVs. From Wikipedia In 2008 New Jersey Transit placed an €178 million order for 26 electro-diesel locomotives from Bombardier, part of capital investment program including acquisition of 329 Bombardier Multi Level Coaches, 27 ALP-46A electric locomotives, dual power multiple units and over 1300 buses. Funding for an additional ten units ($78.8 million) was approved in July 2010, as part of NJ Transit's 2011 capital budget. The order has since been lowered by one for a total of 35 locomotives. The locomotives are expected to be used on the Raritan Valley Line, (changing to electric power on the Northeast Corridor Line), and the North Jersey Coast Line. Use on the 'Trans-Hudson Tunnel' (see ARC Tunnel) was also planned, prior to the cancelling of the scheme.[ The units are currently being used on the Morristown Line, and the Montclair-Boonton Line. They are numbered 4500 upwards. The first locomotive was officially unveiled at Newark Penn Station on May 11, 2011. Unit 4506 was the first to enter revenue service on Montclair-Boonton Line train 1006 on May 30, 2012. Agence métropolitaine de transport[edit] In 2008 Montreal's Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) ordered 20 locomotives (with an option for 10 more), the order value was €152 million. The locomotives are for use on the Mascouche Line (AMT) to Montreal Central Station via the 25 kV AC electrified Mount Royal Tunnel.[1] They are to be numbered 1350-1369. AMT 1350 arrived in Montreal on June 9, 2011, after being shipped to Newark and then moving north to its new home. |
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