Could the Comet 1s run in mixed consists with the II/III/IV/Vs?
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R36 Combine Coach wrote:Prior to the IIM rebuild, I-Bs (Comarrows) were often mixed with II/IIB equipment, particularly on the RVL and Coast Line and occasionally on the Hoboken DIvision. The IIM rebuild program segregated the I and I-B equipment to Hoboken Division diesel service (where they ran mixed) until 2007-09, when Multilevels bumped Comet Vs over to replace the I/I-Bs.Not quite. The Comet IBs were compatible (sort of) with the Comet IIMs, IIIs, IVs, and Vs. There was a retro-switch that enabled it to work with them. This was almost never done however. I personally saw it only once myself during a snow storm in 2002 or 2003 and I believe Sirsonic saw it once on the Pascack Valley Line.
Pre-IIM rebuild, the answer would be yes for II/IIB and I/I-B compatibility. However IIIs, IVs and Vs have never (to my knowledge) operated in service with the former EL Comet Is or Comarrows.
jackintosh11 wrote:But if the Comet 1s ran in mixed consists with low door and high door cars, were there separate door commands for the low cars and the high cars?Comet Is did run in mixed consists. They ran with the non-long door equipment which consisted of high door Comet Is, low door Comet Is, and Comet IBs... and sometimes with Metro-North's older/non-long-door equipment. When running in these types of consists, crews were responsible for opening the doors in a safe manner as all of these different car types could open up simultaneously from a single door command. Typically, these cars were setup with like types of cars grouped together. Low-door Comet Is were almost always grouped together next to the engine and high trap door cars (of any type) were grouped with the cab car as all cab cars became high-door equipment. A crewman stationed at the right location and setup could open up all of the low doors together at low platforms and all of the high cars together at high platforms. There were non commands with these equipment to differentiate between the different level of doors.