cars are permanently coupled , not like Venture cars.
In the PRIIA Single Level Car spec it says that which of the four door positions are used for a door is left to the customer to decide. But the door positions are part of the structural element of the car. Although not stated as such explicitly, reading through many pages of the specification gives one the impression that the area is reserved for CEM crumple zone. Since irrespective of which customer it is, that area is left vacant of any passenger occupancy suggests that the conjecture might be correct.Maybe, but then why not put the two doors in the same vestibule area and put something else in the other vestibule area like another restroom would seem very desirable. Maybe extra luggage racks opposite this additional restroom?
Because they are not structured with Collision Energy Management. Generally American cars were designed without CEM crumple zones until the PRIIA specs introduced them and the Tier III Specifications from FRA required them. These cars are safer without paying a heavy weight penalty.Interior photo of new LIRR M-9 MU car, on the blind end of a married pair. Seats and windows go right up to that end. There is no crumple zone. Why is that ?
Anyone know if the siemens car was open to pax or if it was just there for testing?Today's morning northbound Hiawatha to Milwaukee had five coaches in the consist. The coaches included one Siemens, one amfleet and three Horizon coaches.
Anyone know if the siemens car was open to pax or if it was just there for testing?
Do you have a specific reference that we can look at?I read somewhere else they all got pulled form service due to multiple defects.
No Venture cars on 303 today.
Source: myself, a disappointed railfan. At least I'm in an Amfleet II.
Saw one on the Hiawatha today, so "all" can't be true. I don't know if that one's carrying passengers, so there could be passenger-relevant defects (e.g. toilets) but it can't be defects that stop them from running at all (e.g. bad trucks).I read somewhere else they all got pulled form service due to multiple defects.
I read somewhere else they all got pulled form service due to multiple defects.
My fairly reliable source said that the crews hate the new cars & so have been refusing to use them (that's why it seems like every posting about trying to ride them has the person getting put in an older car). I wouldn't be surprised if the crews that hate them are making up reports or nit-picking things in order to get the cars off their trains.
peter
That seems to be a design flaw. Mechanical devices designed to be used by the general public should be as "idiot-proof" as possible. Wonder if they had the same problem with these in their European applications.Exactly. The only thing that could be an issue is those automatic doors on the bathrooms. The grumpy conductor has n my train warned passengers that these doors would stop working if a customer pulled on it rather than used the buttons.
Or Brightline. Haven't heard of that problem on Brightline, but there are a fairly limited number of trip reports online.That seems to be a design flaw. Mechanical devices designed to be used by the general public should be as "idiot-proof" as possible. Wonder if they had the same problem with these in their European applications.
Maybe, maybe not. I have seen perfectly good design implemented poorly to cut corners, decisions made in the production line by geniuses who had little understanding of why the design was the way it was more times than I can count on the fingers of my two hands. There were even cases where the customer's genius project managers insisted on doing something over the objections of the manufacturers, because they were the customers and they knew better.That seems to be a design flaw. Mechanical devices designed to be used by the general public should be as "idiot-proof" as possible. Wonder if they had the same problem with these in their European applications.
Apparently crews hate working with anything new. Anytime a new locomotive comes on line there are multiple reports about how terrible they are, worse than anything every seen before, etc. Eventually everybody calms down and the new equipment works just fine.My fairly reliable source said that the crews hate the new cars & so have been refusing to use them (that's why it seems like every posting about trying to ride them has the person getting put in an older car). I wouldn't be surprised if the crews that hate them are making up reports or nit-picking things in order to get the cars off their trains.
peter
I really, really hope this is not true.My fairly reliable source said that the crews hate the new cars & so have been refusing to use them (that's why it seems like every posting about trying to ride them has the person getting put in an older car). I wouldn't be surprised if the crews that hate them are making up reports or nit-picking things in order to get the cars off their trains.
peter
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 idiot threshold. Redirect Notice
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