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Re: Anybody want to know where one of the LIRR's M1 pairs are?

Posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Sun Mar 9 11:47:13 2008, in response to Re: Anybody want to know where one of the LIRR's M1 pairs are?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Mar 9 00:50:04 2008.

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I like the MP's though.
Wish they could have been upgraded with more powerful motors to boost performance to M-1 levels.
A railroad should only buy new cars during expansion of the system or service.
The smaller lines get the older trains while the mainlines get the newer ones.
THAT is how it SHOULD work.
Not simply buying new cars.
A railcar can last long. Especially the BUDDs with their durable design. Easily can go another 40 years.
Had the MPs been taken care of properly and overhauled, they would still be running.
And what about the ACMUs?
There is an example of waste. Could have lasted longer. Either they were built cheaply compared to the older cars, or someone had extra money to send over to japan. The latter is probably more of the reason.
BMT ran things the right way. Thats why some cars lasted over 60 years due to good maintanence and rebuilding. I refer to the Q cars which were based on cars built in 1903. Some trailers were probably even older. Note that those cars had WOODEN bodies. It was when the TA came to power that fares went up, things that used to bring profit needed to be subsidized. THEN they had notheing better to do, so they had a mass scrapping of the ex-BMT fleet. Not even a beautiful Bluebird was saved in all the commotion and BS.
Note that to this day, no cars bought by the TA has lasted for as long as the BMT's or IRT's. Not to mention the premature scrapping of the Triplex and other articulated cars. The Brightliner specifically have the potential to easily stay around for another 20 years with another GOH.
Had the BMT and IRT stayed in power, the Standards would be rebuilt as SMEE with higher power trucks. The Lo-V's would still operate with better performance as well. The cars would look a bit different, but the body would be the same durable one.
The body would last, it is the power components, and trucks that must only be changed.

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