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RE: (erielack) The end is near for the ex EL/NJDOT Comet I's

From the new Railpace Newsmagazine:

"As the [NJ Transit] multi-level fleet enters revenue service, plans are to reassign modern Comet IV and V equipment to replace many 33-year-old Comet I-series cars, the oldest in the fleet. Currently, Comet I cars are used on the Raritan Valley, Main, Bergen County and Pascack Valley lines."

The new bi-level cars are supposed to start arriving next spring (2006), and are targeted for revenue service for the end of 2006. So it sounds like you have a little less than a year to catch these before they're gone.

Many have already been resold at auction to other operators (Morristown & Erie got at least 10 from what I've heard), so they're not completely going away.

	- Paul

P.S. Also in the new Railpace is a photo of the first revenue run of new PL42AC 4020... trailing a string of Comet I's! The newest with the oldest...


> I noticed when I was in Hoboken last week that the 1600/1700 
> original low 
> level comet I's are now assembling on B yard near the new 
> Hoboken engine 
> house.....There have to be at least 30 cars there....Some 
> inside sources tell me that 
> they will all be retired by the end of this year since they 
> aren't ADA 
> compliant! Go out and get your photos now, that is if Bober's 
> forces don't stop you! 
> 
> They are the last connections to the EL being built between 
> 1971-1973. Don't 
> know how much longer the cab cars will be in service for.....
> 
> Here is a sad picture from railroad.net
> http://www.railfanwindow.com/gallery/album233/IMG_4387

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