[quote name='jmp883' post='67711' date='Jan 15 2007, 08:10 ']Hey GrumpyFF,
Nice shot of the FL9. One day I gotta pry myself away from the River Line and go across the river to the M-N line. I want to get an FL9 and the GE P42 that is also painted in that same NH scheme. For now here is a shot taken on Metro-North's Port Jervis Line in Sloatsburg, NY. It's NJT cab car #6022 leading Train #56 eastbound from Port Jervis, NY on 1/10/07. Even though Metro-North owns the line from the division post in Suffern Yard west to Port Jervis, NJT dispatches the line as part of its Main/Bergen County Line and pools equipment with M-N. I worked as a dispatcher on this line for almost a year and should really start shooting trains on this line. West of Suffern there are many great places to take pictures........ <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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That's not a P42. It's actually a P32AC-DM, and CDOT owns a few of them in the McGinnis NH scheme. If I recall, the road numbers are 228, 229, 230 and 231. P42's are a diesel-electric, while P32AC-DM's are dual-mode diesel-electric/electric (able to draw electricity for the traction motors from the 3rd rail shoes on the MN line into Grand Central Terminal). Ever since a catastrophic accident in the early 20th century, NYC law prohibits the use of diesel (or at the time, steam) locomotives in the Park Avenue Tunnels and within GCT, requiring locos like the FL9 and the P32AC-DM. Similar restrictions at Penn Station and the approach tunnels led to the development of the EMD dual-modes built for the LIRR to allow for a one seat ticket on certain lines (Port Jefferson?) from Long Island into New York City without the change at Jamaica to EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) trains.
Nice shot of the FL9. One day I gotta pry myself away from the River Line and go across the river to the M-N line. I want to get an FL9 and the GE P42 that is also painted in that same NH scheme. For now here is a shot taken on Metro-North's Port Jervis Line in Sloatsburg, NY. It's NJT cab car #6022 leading Train #56 eastbound from Port Jervis, NY on 1/10/07. Even though Metro-North owns the line from the division post in Suffern Yard west to Port Jervis, NJT dispatches the line as part of its Main/Bergen County Line and pools equipment with M-N. I worked as a dispatcher on this line for almost a year and should really start shooting trains on this line. West of Suffern there are many great places to take pictures........ <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]That's not a P42. It's actually a P32AC-DM, and CDOT owns a few of them in the McGinnis NH scheme. If I recall, the road numbers are 228, 229, 230 and 231. P42's are a diesel-electric, while P32AC-DM's are dual-mode diesel-electric/electric (able to draw electricity for the traction motors from the 3rd rail shoes on the MN line into Grand Central Terminal). Ever since a catastrophic accident in the early 20th century, NYC law prohibits the use of diesel (or at the time, steam) locomotives in the Park Avenue Tunnels and within GCT, requiring locos like the FL9 and the P32AC-DM. Similar restrictions at Penn Station and the approach tunnels led to the development of the EMD dual-modes built for the LIRR to allow for a one seat ticket on certain lines (Port Jefferson?) from Long Island into New York City without the change at Jamaica to EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) trains.
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