wrote:
In article
-september.
, (Recliner) wrote:
150 DMs is all but 20 of the entire stock as built. It seems the
original idea of 3 car units has given way to one of 3 car units.
Am I missing something here??
Sorry. Finger trouble. The original idea was 4 car units.
Perhaps they'd be underpowered? They need to make up for their lower top
speed compared to Pacers with a higher acceleration.
The initial reports of 4-car units were probably more speculation than
fact. After all, in LU service they run as pairs of three-car units, with
only one trailer per pair of power cars, and the plan seems to be for the
same in their new lives as DEMUs. To run as four-car units would probably
require the 4th car to be an UNDM.