FlxMtroD Posted October 3, 2021 Share #1 Posted October 3, 2021 https://www.nj.com/news/2021/10/nj-transit-junked-its-equipment-sooner-than-it-should-have-now-its-on-the-hook-for-245m.html?outputType=amp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R10 2952 Posted October 6, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 6, 2021 I think the bottom line is NJ Transit needs to learn to be less wasteful with its equipment. Overhauling the ALP-44s with a contractor in Eastern PA would've cost $2 million dollars according to the original rebuild plan from 2008, significantly less than the $24 million interest the Feds had in the equipment. Unless there were serious operational issues, retiring locomotives that were 15-20 years old at the time is basically throwing public money down the drain. Leads me to believe that the Comet IIIs NJT withdrew were probably also not as hopeless as the agency made them out to be. The federal government can and absolutely should hold transit agencies accountable when federal money or monetary interests get screwed with. No blank checks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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