RE: (erielack) commuter train engines

["Gino Giombetti" <ggiombetti_@_earthlink.net>]

Do you know what the EMD units tested were? Were there actual road tests?


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul R. Tupaczewski <paultup_@_optonline.net>
> To: <WellerK_@_aol.com>; <hoboken@ezrs.com>; <njnyrr@optonline.net>
> Cc: <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 3/23/2006 11:21:12 PM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) commuter train engines
>
> Even though the State subsidized the purchase of the units, I think they
> relied heavily on the operating expertise of the railroads to make their
> decisions. The CNJ's GP40Ps were the heaviest 4-axle diesels built at the
> time. Why? Who knows!
>  
> The EL actually took bids from both GE and EMD and went through thorough
> performance characteristic testing on units before settling on the U34CH.
>  
>     - Paul
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> From: WellerK_@_aol.com [mailto:WellerK@aol.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:11 PM
> To: paultup_@_optonline.net; hoboken@ezrs.com; njnyrr@optonline.net
> Cc: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
> Subject: Re: (erielack) commuter train engines
>
>
> If the state was subsidizing the purchase of commuter engines for EL and
> CNJ, why didn't the state buy the same type of engines for both railroads,
> instead of U34CH's for EL and GP40P's for CNJ?  Were there operating
reasons
> of some sort?  Perhaps it was because the state wasn't yet actually
> operating the trains, just subsidizing the operations?
>
> K A Weller 
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