TrainManTy wrote:All the time. There's really no reason not to. Trains are made up of whatever equipment is available, and everything works together.
Patrick Boylan wrote:What other agencies mix the equipment as needed, and if not, why not?
8th Notch wrote:TrainManTy wrote:Trains are made up of whatever equipment is available, and everything works together.
*excluding the Rotems, they don't always like to play nice![]()
Patrick Boylan wrote:What other agencies mix the equipment as needed, and if not, why not?
Patrick Boylan wrote:Why do folks still call multi-levels "bi-level"?
ns3010 wrote:Patrick Boylan wrote:What other agencies mix the equipment as needed, and if not, why not?
Any railroad that runs Gallery cars keeps those separate from other cars because they're completely different.
Patrick Boylan wrote:I also remember summer 1991 Amtrak San Diego-Los Angeles my otherwise Amfleet train had at least one Chicago style gallery car.
Patrick Boylan wrote:Why do folks still call multi-levels "bi-level"?
Patrick Boylan wrote:Patrick Boylan wrote:ns3010 wrote:Patrick Boylan wrote:What other agencies mix the equipment as needed, and if not, why not?
Any railroad that runs Gallery cars keeps those separate from other cars because they're completely different.
That doesn't agree with my 1991 experiencePatrick Boylan wrote:I also remember summer 1991 Amtrak San Diego-Los Angeles my otherwise Amfleet train had at least one Chicago style gallery car.
I don't think Gallery cars are completely different from other cars, could you please explain what the differences are that make you think railroads need to keep them separate?Patrick Boylan wrote:Why do folks still call multi-levels "bi-level"?
Because Multilevels and Bilevel cars are not the same. Bombardier made their standard low-level bi-level (used on just about every railroad with low-level boarding), but introduced the Multilevel when NJT decided that it was time to go up. The name Multilevel was created by BBD simply to differentiate the new car type from the ones already in use. The high/low level Kawasaki bi-levels used by the T and MARC are more similar to Multilevels than they are to BBD bi-levels, but are still called bi-levels by their owners and Kawasaki.
I'm pretty sure Hawker-Siddely made them first for Toronto in the early 1980's, although I freely admit it's difficult to know the manufacturers anymore, and perhaps Bobardier bought Hawker Siddely. Despite anyone calling them bi-level, if they have a lower, middle and upper level I count it as 3 levels, and my Latin teachers taught me that bi means 2, not 3.
I'm not trying to be provocative, but please let me know if you think I am and I'll try not to do it again.
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