With the recent equipment shortage fiasco fresh in our minds it would seem like an opportune time to muster all available cars into service. It has been at least a year since the turbo trains the state of New York paid to have refurbished were withdrawn from service and stored in Wilmington. As I recall reliability and fuel issues were the prime reasons they were parked. Sometime back in the early 80's the Ontario Northland RR bought several used trainsets from Holland and put them in service on The Northlander. They replaced the power unit with F-7s and goy quite a few miles and years out of them. Is it possible and/or feasible to take the Turbos out of mothballs and replace one of the power cars with one of the Genesis units and operate them as they do on the Wolverine and Downeaster services? The remiaining power car could be de-powered and used as a cab unit. These train sets would be ideal for service on the Adirondack with their larger windows. The seating could be changed from the current 50/50 European style to all seats forward since there are turning facilities at both terminals. Other remaining sets could be used in NY-Albany service. They aren't doing any good idling. No more status quo.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
I don't know if they 'could' be operated this way but I do think they 'should' be operated. The 'Adirondack' and other Empire Service trains would be prime candidates for anything with bigger windows.
Posted by Jerome Nicholson (Member # 3116) on :
I'm all for bigger windows on the Adirondack, but can the Turbo's consist handle the number of passengers carried by the present Amfleet consist?