- --- On Sun, 6/1/08, Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul) <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com> quoted:
> > Problem is Neither the Morris and Essex nor the Boonton Line
> > go to Secaucus (except Midtown direct) ... Cut off trains
> > will be diesel and go to hoboken unless NJT gets dual modes
> > however transfers at Newark Broad Street or Summit on the M&E
> > div can also get you there
> NJT is apparently putting together a bid request for a dual-mode
> diesel/electric unit for this service (according to X2200
> South magazine)...
The request was issued last year and got NO responses, then was reissued and got ONE response, not GE or EMD. A few years ago, NJT had worked with GE on an AC "Genesis III" locomotive. GE said they could not fit all the equipment into the space available within an ALP-type car body and that it would be grossly in excess of allowable axle loadings. They did say they could do it in an articulated locomotive that would be over 100 feet long, which would take up TWO car lengths at New York...
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