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RE: (erielack) Lackawanna Cutoff article-Daily Record

I'm trying very hard to ignore your rant, Jerome, but let's think about this rationally, OK?

I think that if GE couldn't find the room in the carbody for all the equipment, somebody should send
them a copy of the July issue of Railfan & Railroad, so they can read the article "Something about F
Units" by Preston Cook.  They should take particular note about the FL9 that was never built.  Now,
that was done so that they could carry additional water to supply steam to passenger trains on
long-distance trains.  But they did have additional space, and they carried a lot of weight with
reasonable axle loadings, given the five axles.

I suspect that the real reason that GE didn't respond (and other builders, likewise) is that the
market seemed pretty iffy.  You know, IF we build this line, and IF we decide to use diesel and
electrically powered locomotives, and IF we buy it from you, well, what would the deal be?  That's a
lot of engineering to put together to make a reasonably accurate bid, with a lot of IFs built into
the process.

If there really IS going to be some track built on which these locomotives are >required<, then
perhaps they would be more serious about it.

SGL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ERIE LACKAWANNA [mailto:erie_lackawanna_@_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:58 AM
> To: EL Mail List
> Subject: RE: (erielack) Lackawanna Cutoff article-Daily Record
> 
> X2200 is a Fan Magazine where like others Dreams Never happen, Wishes, Dreams, Hope do not happen
out of the sky.
> They requite money and when money is not spent on them, they never get done and come true.
> 
>   Jerome
> 
> "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
>   > 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)...
> 
> - Paul
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