by Jeff Smith
In any case, LIRR gets the first 92; after that, I'm not sure how the distribution will go. So you'll still be looking at M-3a's on the Hudson and Harlem for the near future.
Since this is a shared fleet order, it will be interesting to see if and how they are deployed and "shared". Foamer questions that come to mind are branding; will they be blue? Yellow? Will they be generically labeled MTA or will they actually be assigned to a railroad and only shared as necessary? I imagine because of logistics there won't be much if any back and forth.
Operationally, how are they going to handle the different signal systems? And finally, I guess they will be equipped with the same DC shoes that M8's have.
Since this is a shared fleet order, it will be interesting to see if and how they are deployed and "shared". Foamer questions that come to mind are branding; will they be blue? Yellow? Will they be generically labeled MTA or will they actually be assigned to a railroad and only shared as necessary? I imagine because of logistics there won't be much if any back and forth.
Operationally, how are they going to handle the different signal systems? And finally, I guess they will be equipped with the same DC shoes that M8's have.
Next stop, Willoughby
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