Interesting article........I liked how they discuss the possible dual modes and one seat rides, but then the last paragraph of the article discusses the Harrison Pocket track which would allow same track transfers for NYP bound trains.
I put on the old RR.net a blurb from an old Railfan and Railroad magazine I had from teh summer of 1987. It states the same thing pretty much. Except that NJT seemed to be in the lead in teh study and the MTA and Amtrak was joining in. Well, surprise surprise, guess who doesn't have dual modes, and who does. The article also states that NJ was finally going to make good on its promise for a one seat ride into NYP some 20 years after the Aldene Plan put into effect.
Its now 37 years after the fact......haha......im not holding my breath
BTW, recent decisions and purchases prove the fact, that NJT doesn't seem to go with what works, but rather start from scratch with everything. (C5's, PL42's come to mind) So I wouldn't expect NJT to go with an existing GE product, and instead somehow build an EMD derived dual mode, either by EMD themselves or another builder with EMD guts (like the PL42).
Also, if this were to come to fruition, my best guess would be within about 10 years, even if the tunnels are not completed by then, to replace the GP40's which aren't scheduled to be replaced by the PL42's, and possibly the F40's, which will be around 30 years old, and some of the GP40's will be over 45 to almost 50 years old.
On the RR, "believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see"
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