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RapidoNewLook

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  1. Now that the Federal mask mandate is gone, will the MTA still "enforce" the wearing of masks in the system, or will they follow the lead of most major airlines and Amtrak and make mask wearing optional? (Not that there's much enforcement anyway)
  2. Everyone here that's talking about electrification and similar expensive improvements should remember one thing: The only reason this line is being considered now is because it's relatively easy to build and can be done quickly and inexpensively. Anything involving more than a few stations, side tracks and DMUs probably won't be happening.
  3. The question isn't so much about priorities as much as it's about what will be ready for passengers first, with this the infrastructure is mostly there. Contrast that with SAS, which will probably take another year or 10 to get shovels in the ground, and then at least a decade to build.
  4. Loud diesel powered trains once nightly is a lot less disturbing than loud subway trains all day every day.
  5. The tracks are still there, and used for freight services nightly. It probably won't be a full subway line, more like a frequent service operating with DMU vehicles. There is only one track, so another one will be required, or at the very least several passing sidings will be needed. It is also likely that some excavations will be necessary to widen the open cut where the tracks are. The real question I have is how the TA will surmount the public opposition to this proposal that is sure to be heavy, as the line runs through heavily residential neighborhoods who are not likely to want the noise and people passing through that a transit line would bring.
  6. Wow, TA is really going above and beyond here! I'm trying for the last run on January 9th, I sure hope I'll get to see it! Rumors have it that the train is gonna go on display after at NYTM. Hopefully that's true, and I hope it will have a better fate than the last run R42 cars did.
  7. The reason for the conversion to oil is because coal is a fire hazard in the western climate.
  8. Wow, that is one good-looking train! Far better than most Siemens Chargers, especially the commuter ones.
  9. https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm Union Pacific Steam Schedule We know you missed seeing our steam locomotives last year nearly as much as the UP Steam Team missed operating No. 844 and Big Boy No. 4014. We have great news, the Steam Team is busy planning an excursion for No. 4014, likely kicking off August.
  10. Why do they still have the take-one holders, didn't the change the schedule format?
  11. Then how can they run full service? Isn't there not enough cars?
  12. Thought I'd weigh in on this little discussion, while I'm not a driver myself it does irk me that some passengers just treat them as part of the furniture. Just because it's his job doesn't mean you don't have to acknowledge him... at the end of the day, he is doing you a service. I always try to greet my driver when I get on, I just feel it's the right thing to do. And if it's possible, I try to exit at the front, so I can wish the operator a good day as I leave. If they don't respond, so be it, but I just think it's right. B/Os are people too.
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