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Re: Penn Central Post, March 1969: Metroliner article |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Sep 24 22:43:39 2020, in response to Re: Penn Central Post, March 1969: Metroliner article, posted by Steamdriven on Thu Sep 24 16:21:35 2020. EMUs allow you to delete a 300,000 pound, zero passenger locomotiveRed herring. No electric locomotives on high-speed trains weigh anywhere close to that weight, not even the power cars of the current Acela Express. And EMUs create multiplicative equipment that becomes harder to access for maintenance due to being crammed into troublesome locations under the passenger cars or elsewhere, never mind creating more things to maintain; they're far better suited for commuter and transit. Now if you want to argue for less than two electric locomotives, you might be going somewhere (e.g. X2000, ICE-2). |
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