the reason some trains here in america need a locomotive is because the cab car cannot move without it. Alone, it has no power what so ever. The locomotive pulls and pushes it.
@Bails992 To answer your specific question concerning NJ Transit, the specific reason for going away from MU cars has everything to do with flexibility. NJ Transit's MUs are wired specifically for 12,000 VAC 25 Hertz OR 25,000 VAC 60 Hertz. NJT found that the bill for converting the two sets of cars for dual power was going to be higher than the State of New Jersey was willing to pay.
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Looks like between 1997 and 2002; the ALP-44s were already hauling Comet IVs and the Comet IIs weren't rebuilt yet.
@Sean70z this had to be the mid to late 1990's when the got the comet cars with the destination display the older cars havnt been refurbished yet
Maybe even between 1997 and 1998 b/c when I moved to NJ in 1999, I've never seen any ALP-44s hauling Comet IIs.
the reason some trains here in america need a locomotive is because the cab car cannot move without it. Alone, it has no power what so ever. The locomotive pulls and pushes it.
@Bails992 To answer your specific question concerning NJ Transit, the specific reason for going away from MU cars has everything to do with flexibility. NJ Transit's MUs are wired specifically for 12,000 VAC 25 Hertz OR 25,000 VAC 60 Hertz. NJT found that the bill for converting the two sets of cars for dual power was going to be higher than the State of New Jersey was willing to pay.
how did u get the diesel to blow the horn and put on the ditchlights
Was this after the opening of the Kearney Connection?
Damn they still have the same trains in 2021 ☠️
They should retire the comets and bring the Comet V to service I don’t like how NJ Transit it operating same with Metro North 😭
oh okay thanks for telling me that
you mean 1996 right
what year was this?
Like mid-late 1995-2000
I know it took 15 years to get an answer lol