On 20.10.15 2:56, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   > On 10/19/2015 2:49 PM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >> Just curious as to what it's like.  Is it crowded?  Has ridership gone   
   >> up?   
   >>   
   >> Are the stations kept in good repair?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I occasionally ride on Sundays.  Even with the recent fare and toll   
   > increases, the cost of fare+toll+gas is about half of what I would pay   
   > on NJ Transit from Raritan (I drive a hybrid).   
   >   
   > It is fairly well patronized.  There is lots of travel between   
   > intermediate stations, where it's free.  The equipment has seen better   
   > days, though.  The shop forces seem to do a really good job keeping the   
   > trains running.  A late train really is a rarity.  However, new   
   > equipment really is needed, and from what I have read, the R-179 order   
   > does not include cars for the SIRT.  That is apparently going to wait   
   > for the next equipment order.   
   >   
   > By the way, the line was resignalled a few years ago.  They seem to be   
   > using a variant or NORAC rule 562, cab signal operation without fixed   
   > intermediate automatic block signals, and they kept the B&O-style color   
   > position light signals at the interlockings.   
   >   
   Those signals must use the most basic aspects, proceed and stop, if they   
   are only protecting danger points, while the cab signals do most of the   
   work.   
      
   Kind of like Metro-North's Go-No-Gos.   
      
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