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The Dual modes planned for NY include units for MN, CDOT, LIRR and NY empire service the battery mode is only used if train is stuck in third rail gap . Each unit has 4200 hp in diesel and 4200 in third rail mode no units will be owned by Amtrak .

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MN has ordered dual modes , no fantasy,no catenary no battery car , first 19 or so to be delivered before 2026. In December 2020, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved a Federal Transit Administration-funded $335 million contract for 27 dual-mode locomotives based on the...

https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/PP_Bureau/Danbury-Branch-Electrification-Feasibility-Study

https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/PP_Envir/Documents/Danbury

surprised they did not damage track

no matter what a cyber attack would only improve Amtrak , no kidding .

think story is hogwash , todays electronics have little trouble with magnets , at one time maybe when tapes were used. even todays Hard drives have magnets so powerful they exceed those of speakers and fire door magnets . I have two I just removed from a Seagate that are so powerful it takes...

Again my 30 years in passenger service may differ in opinion with yours , crews Can NOT just refuse cars . If they refuse cars outside FRA regulations it either be Union issue or they will loose .

crews can not refuse cars , unless a safety issue is preventing them. and such are pretty limited other than FRA rules. some cars are operating in a few European countries so it seems unless this country has more idiots we have passed ***** threshold. Redirect Notice

correct MN has no need for other.

the MN dual modes are ordered and no they do not include a separate power battery unit.

they can show anything in presentation but unless that power car is permanently coupled no power above 74 volt can be trainlined between the two units.

also currently the charger is 12 000 lbs lighter than genesis dual mode so siemens has some play.

a power car is pure ******** , FRA does not allow power in excess of 64 volt to go from one unit to other unless permanently coupled and only to be separated in shops. clue this s why married pair MU cars are coupled with drawbar.

cars are permanently coupled , not like Venture cars.

FRA pretty much rules , strobes or Ditch lights , they do prefer Ditchlights , Amtrak may not want to spend money on both.

both MN and Amtrak P32acdm's have jog function, problem is not all crew are trained on them.

Keep in mind with new Locomotives the biggest failure is link between seat and throttle .

Thanks you for that explanation, we know, just answering a question