(erielack) Comet I cars- going, going...

["Philip Martin" <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net>]

From an NJT Employee Advisory, "In December, we will have nine multilevel cars available for service.  The deliveryschedule calls for the manufacturer, Bombardier Transportation, to produce seven cars per month from February 2007 until July 2007, and 10 cars per month thereafter until all 234 are on the property.  As they are delivered and tested the new cars will replace single-level cars where they are needed most-on our busiest rail lines:  the Northeast Corridor, the North Jersey Coast line and MidTOWN DIRECT service.

"As the multilevel fleet enters revenue service, we will reassign modern Comet IV and V equipment to replqce many 34-year-old Comet I-series cars, the oldest in the fleet.  Currently, Comet I cars are used on the Main, Bergen County, Pascack Valley, Montclair-Boonton and Morristown lines."

Philip Martin

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