From: cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:43:40 -0700 (PDT), JG 
wrote:

>On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:19:55 AM UTC-5, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=493058&nseq=4
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express
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>> Nippon-Sharyo is assembling DMUs for Union Pearson Express, Toronto,
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>> a rail service to run between Toronto Union Station and Pearson
International
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>> Airport. Wikipedia notes that they meet Tier 4 air pollution emissions
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>> standards and that they're convertible to EMUs if desired.
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>>
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>> I'd like to know if they meet FRA buff strength requirements or if they're
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>> nonstandard for use in United States passenger service.
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>
>Flying Spaghetti Monster forbid that Metra would buy some of these to run
hourly
>weekened service on their busiest line, BNSF.

I wonder how hard it would be to design a DMU based on the standard
gallery cab car that could trainline with a push pull consist thus
becoming part of a push and pull train and (possibly as a married
pair) run separately off-peak.  Ditto for one based on the standard GO
tri-level.

Clark Morris

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