NJ Transit Push Pull Trains.

[Amfleet]

I just read in a recent issue of railpace magazine that the steel company making the trucks for the Comet Vs shut down and went out of business. A new company just re-opened the steel plant and production of the trucks is to be started up again. This has put a delay of the dilvery of the cars for both NJ Transit and Metro North.

 

[AlanB]

I just read in a recent issue of railpace magazine that the steel company making the trucks for the Comet Vs shut down and went out of business. A new company just re-opened the steel plant and production of the trucks is to be started up again. This has put a delay of the dilvery of the cars for both NJ Transit and Metro North.

I can confirm that story, as I have a friend who rides the Bergen Line every weekday. A conductor that my friend knows, was telling him about that very same problem and that all deliveries had been put on hold.

 

[Viewliner]

Ricardo, I think it was mentioned on one of the press releases on their website, I'll look for the link later if you can't find it.

 

[Viewliner]

Found it, it says over 120 have been delivered. I really would like to see the consists go back to uniform looks, they look like crap now.

Click Here for the press release.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Thank you Viewliner to give me this link.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

When the 13 GP40PH and 15 GP40FH replaced what kind of Diesels will be replaced in December 2004?

 

[Viewliner]

It was in a recent issue in Trains magazine, August issue If i'm not mistaken, you can order it from their website, it has a picture as well.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

In the past was NJ Transit have Push-Pull Trains back in the 1970s?

 

[AlanB]

In the past was NJ Transit have Push-Pull Trains back in the 1970s?

Well there were push-pull trains running in NJ back in the 70's.

However New Jersey Transit did not exist during the 70's. The corporation was formed at the end of 1979 and they did not take over rail operations until 1983.

 

[Viewliner]

In the past was NJ Transit have Push-Pull Trains back in the 1970s?

Well there were push-pull trains running in NJ back in the 70's.

However New Jersey Transit did not exist during the 70's. The corporation was formed at the end of 1979 and they did not take over rail operations until 1983.

Alan is correct, back in the '70's it was Penn Central, Erie-Lackawanna/NJDOT until Conrail took over. NJT assumed all rail operations on January 1, 1983.

I don't really think all equipment was Push-Pull.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many New Comet IIs are in service?

 

[AlanB]

How many New Comet IIs are in service?

I don't understand. Comet II's are not new cars, they are amongst the oldest cars NJT has. Did you mean Comet V's?

 

[tp49]

Maybe he meant refurbished Comet II's? Is there such a thing?

 

[Viewliner]

Maybe he meant refurbished Comet II's? Is there such a thing?

Yes, he did. Nearly all of them, Check the Website in News and Events, it mentions it somewhere.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

What kind of Push-Pull Passager Cars does the NJ Transit Train Route have on the North Jersey Coast line at this time?

 

[Viewliner]

It can be anything, there's no real specific pool

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

When was the last runing for the E60's on the NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast line Trains?

 

[Viewliner]

When was the last runing for the E60's on the NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast line Trains?

Around the early 1990's when the ALP-44's began arriving. Many (if not all) the E60's came from Amtrak initially.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

When was the last run for the GG1s?

 

[Viewliner]

When was the last run for the GG1s?

The late 1980's I believe, one was painted in PRR Tuscan Red for the last runs.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

How many Comet IB Passager Cars are in service? And on what Route can this cars can be seen?

 

[Viewliner]

How many Comet IB Passager Cars are in service? And on what Route can this cars can be seen?

1) Don't know

2) Maybe the Raritan Valley Line, I'd think they'll be gone if not gone already as will the Comet I's and Unrefurbished Comet IIs (the IIs getting refurbed of course)

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

What kind of sound does the Comet V cars make?

 

[Viewliner]

What kind of sound does the Comet V cars make?

I think its the same as a Comet IV, I don't remember.

 

[Amtrak Railfan]

Does somebody have photos of the Rebuild Comet II Cab Car?