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Canadian Railroads > Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase todayDate: 12/12/18 06:52 Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: Lackawanna484 Bloomberg is reporting that Via Rail will announce today it has agreed to purchase a large number of replacement rail cars from Siemens. Via has a news conference scheduled for today.
(ME: If these cars are similar to the BrightLine cars used in Florida, they will be a delight. Comfortable, airy, large windows, etc) In other news, Bombardier appears to have the inside track on an expected 700 - 1,000 car order from NJ Transit. Date: 12/12/18 06:58 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: joemvcnj NJT has about 950 push pull coaches, 440 of which are new MLV cars, and 130 MUs. The 700 - 1,000 new car rumor is ridiculous. It is more like 749, tops, over many years
https://www.nj.com/traffic/2018/12/nj-transit-is-buying-new-trains-the-bad-news-it-could-be-several-years-before-commuters-get-to-ride-them.html?__vfz=medium%3Dcomment_share_facebook%7Csharer_uuid%3D00000000-0000-4000-8000-0a01285b7bbe&fbclid=IwAR2k4XyBGjZB3k0s1xbH2i_9bmPi3do3LviWLPd-hjqPXPs06l-4IPPvzdg#vf-2334800018220 Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/18 07:31 by joemvcnj. Date: 12/12/18 08:47 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: King_Coal Date: 12/12/18 09:53 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: andersonb109 What exactly are these cars replacing? Seems most LRC's have been refurbished with new interiors. Perhaps the Budd coaches purchased from Amtrak and Renaissance coaches? Any of what VIA is currently operation would be an upgrade of most Amtrak short distance equipment.
Date: 12/12/18 10:40 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: choodude King_Coal Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Did they really call the Jersey Arrows Ancient? > Sigh....... Good picture, but the fact that you can see a GG1 in the distance is telling. Brian Date: 12/12/18 11:38 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: Mberry andersonb109 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What exactly are these cars replacing? Seems > most LRC's have been refurbished with new > interiors. Perhaps the Budd coaches purchased from > Amtrak and Renaissance coaches? Any of what VIA > is currently operation would be an upgrade of most > Amtrak short distance equipment Everything used in the corridor at present: LRC, Renaissance and HEP cars. Michael Date: 12/12/18 12:38 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: boejoe Maybe "Delta Dick" Anderson at Amtrak can make a deal for some fairly new baggage cars and diners that he seems to want to sidetrack from his inventory.
Date: 12/12/18 23:00 Re: Bloomberg: Via Rail to announce Siemens purchase today Author: GenePoon Meet the new fleet:
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