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Posted by Q4 on Mon Nov 25 13:46:02 2024 I don’t recall seeing this posted here, but the first two (Numbers 301 and 302) of thirty-three new Siemens Charger dual mode locomotives for Metro North are at the Harmon Yard and Shop for testing. Sorry but I am unable to do a direct link but below is a you tube link. https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FJiNjTwJoJf4%3Fsi%3D6bBl0s0VojRWQRVk&data=05%7C02%7C%7C92a49f2c11174bad4f5208dd0d59bb79%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638681401352891705%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zc%2BTS0aMg5%2BRVZ8j9m2o8%2FDNxtxo9WRc0Q%2Bf4q3OwAA%3D&reserved=0
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Mon Nov 25 16:44:55 2024, in response to Metro North New Locomotives, posted by Q4 on Mon Nov 25 13:46:02 2024.* JFYI, your URL was not the direct link. I got this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiNjTwJoJf4 That leads to the video below.
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Posted by Q4 on Mon Nov 25 20:54:48 2024, in response to Re: Metro-North New Locomotives, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Nov 25 16:44:55 2024. Thanks.
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Posted by 3-9* on Tue Nov 26 08:15:25 2024, in response to Metro North New Locomotives, posted by Q4 on Mon Nov 25 13:46:02 2024.* So how much longer before the Genesis locomotives are retired? They've only been around for about 25 years. And is this another joint order with Amtrak?
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Nov 26 16:30:20 2024, in response to Re: Metro North New Locomotives, posted by 3-9 on Tue Nov 26 08:15:25 2024.* Used to be locomotives weren't ready for retirement until at least age 35. They'd be around for far longer too, even with in-house maintenance. Some of NJT's GP40s have been around for over a half-century.
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Tue Nov 26 17:57:15 2024, in response to Re: Metro North New Locomotives, posted by 3-9 on Tue Nov 26 08:15:25 2024.* It reminds me of the Alco C-420s that the LIRR had in service from 1963 to 1976/7. Whats that 13-14 years? They didnt last long there at all.
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth* on Tue Nov 26 19:47:28 2024, in response to Re: Metro-North New Locomotives, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Nov 26 16:30:20 2024.* I wonder if all that stop and go with relatively short distances between stations were detrimental to long ago retired and current MN and LIRR power? IMO, the diesel engines do better when not stopping often.
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Posted by Joe* on Tue Nov 26 20:32:55 2024, in response to Metro North New Locomotives, posted by Q4 on Mon Nov 25 13:46:02 2024.* I'm looking for the third rail shoes in the video.
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Wed Nov 27 01:36:38 2024, in response to Re: Metro-North New Locomotives, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Tue Nov 26 19:47:28 2024.* In light of that, remember that Amtrak's F40PHs were retired after 2001 (after starting retirements in 1991, with subsequent "cabbage" conversions), but VIA Rail still has their F40PHs going even today as do the commuter railroads that bought them in the 1980s. Completely off topic, but I noticed that Amtrak California still runs former NJDOT/NJT Arrow I/Comet IB cars on the San Joaquins route, with a former F40PH NPCU on one end.
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Posted by irtredbirdr33* on Wed Nov 27 07:04:28 2024, in response to Re: Metro North New Locomotives, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Tue Nov 26 17:57:15 2024.* Jim: It seems to me that the P-32 have given excellent service. They really were the workhorses of the Metro-North diesel lines. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Wed Nov 27 09:18:04 2024, in response to Re: Metro North New Locomotives, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Nov 27 07:04:28 2024.* Absolutely! They performed much better than those DE30AC "lemons" over on the LIRR
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Posted by 3-9* on Wed Nov 27 14:50:09 2024, in response to Re: Metro North New Locomotives, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Nov 27 09:18:04 2024.* I also agree! They and their counterparts on Amtrak (32's and 42's) got the job done.
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu Nov 28 01:42:02 2024, in response to Re: Metro North New Locomotives, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Nov 27 09:18:04 2024.* Don't you mean DM30ACs? The DE30ACs are the non-dual-mode ones.
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Re: Metro-North New Locomotives?
Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu Nov 28 01:51:10 2024, in response to Re: Metro-North New Locomotives, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Nov 25 16:44:55 2024.* Where's the front door escape hatch?
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Thu Nov 28 11:06:41 2024, in response to Re: Metro-North New Locomotives, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 28 01:42:02 2024.* Correct.
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