As it does every year, the agency searched for ways to control or reduce its operating costs to head off the need for a fare increase.
The program consists of completely rebuilding and refurbishing the F40 models with additional upgrades.
In a statement from the U.S. DOT, implementation jumped from 24% to 30% for passenger rail and 16% to 83% for freight.
Supplier, Progress Rail will take existing EMD SD70MAC freight locomotives and upgrade and configure them for passenger use.
When 2018 came to a close, SEPTA did more than say goodbye to the old year, the agency also bid farewell to its AEM-7 locomotives.
The F59PHs were built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. in 1988.
The new vehicles will allow NCTD to improve operational efficiency while contributing to local and state sustainability and air quality goals.
The F59PHIs, which were built by the Electro-Motive Division of GM in 1998 and have been rehabbed within the last five years, have similar parts and operating characteristics to Metra’s existing fleet of EMD F40s, some of which are 35 years old and are in need of overhaul.
Is asking for proposals for both new and remanufactured engines because it wants to weigh the costs/benefits of both options.
Locomotives and railcars stored in two separate rail yards were damaged by flood waters following Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.