by Robert Paniagua
Well, yesterday's Reginal 135 (07), our engine was HHP8 654, and I was delighted to see such a unit pull our train. So sometimes we do have HHP8s from BOS.
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Robert Paniagua wrote:Well, yesterday, when I got 194 (08) back from NHV to Route 128/Canton-Westwood-Norwood, it was pulled by another HHP8, this time being 662. And it was a reliable engine, better than an AEM7, I have to say.How on earth do you see one engine is more reliable from another from one ride unless you are an amtrak engineer or a mechanical person? If not then how are you able to tell, the HHP-8's are still engines vs the AEM-7's. I would think you will have to see how the HHP-8's work when they are aging before you can assume anything about one engine vs another.
Robert Paniagua wrote:The HHP8s are alot newer that AEM7, so that's why I think they are better running, although I still have respect for the toasters. The engines I do not like at all are theose ugly-bulk E60sWe won't know for quite some time whether the HHP8's are more reliable than the AEM-7's. If the HHP8's run as well as the AEM-7's do when they are the age of the current AEM-7 fleet, then we will know
Robert Paniagua wrote:Oh I see, so the AEM7 s/b more reliable over the HHP8. I now agree, since the new stuff seems to go wrong sometimes (take a look at the MBTA Breda Type 8s while the Kinki T7s are just as good as the AEM7) while the Type 8 trolleys are the same age as the HHP8s.