MN cars on NJT?

[DutchRailnut]

The Comet V's are not cleared on NYC third rail, and MN is looking to by MLV's for East of Hudson service, MN most likely will keep their own single level fleet , the cars are reasonably young(2002) and will be good for at least another 8 years before first overhaul.

[TDowling]

That's what I was thinking would happen. Shame: the pjl could benefit from the added capacity provided by the multilevels

[F-line to Dudley via Park]

NJT has 260 Comet IIM's and IV's to replace before it even reaches the options part of the order that touches any of the 265 NJT/MNRR Comet V's. Since they're also replacing ~200 Arrow EMU's with next-gen bi-level EMU's stuffed in the MLV carbody form factor, they've got close to a decade's worth of passenger car procurements to swallow before they have ability to work their way to the back of the line and touch the V's. Not to mention probably another ALP-45DP or straight-diesel locomotive order worked in simultaneous so they can purge the last of the wimpy 3000 HP Geeps for something more powerful to haul those MLV's.

The Comet V's will probably be nearing the 20-year mark before NJT even hits go/no-go decision on the MLV contract option orders that replace them. Nobody can digest that many new cars and power all at once without stretching the orders out over many years. By the time they're ready to tackle the V's that make will be at the point where midlife overhaul would normally have to be budgeted and scheduled a couple years out. So they won't be all that young or fresh when their actual one-and-done retirement date occurs. We're not close to seeing the last of those, and MNRR's fleet is easily another decade away from having any rebuild/reassignment options. Everything east-of-Hudson will be long replaced before any considerations open up with the WoH V's future.