by ConstanceR46
...aren't the subway's next-generation work locomotives battery-equipped though?
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LIRR adding battery-powered 'rescue engine' for Grand Central Madison tunnels
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“This engine will have the ability to go in and rescue a disabled train that we can’t get out of the tunnel, and not have to operate on third-rail power nor on diesel power. So it’s really a great technology,” Free said. “Now, I hope we’ll never have to use this engine.”
In January 2023 — days before the opening of Grand Central Madison — Newsday reported that the LIRR did not have the equipment it would need to tow a disabled train out of the newly-bored tunnels in the event of a power outage.
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