Not really, as but for the running gear they are essentially Amfleets with cabs. An AEM-7 would be better in a collision because it is heavier, but the problem is $$$.
Wouldn't those Metroliner cab cars be near the end of their lifespan? Wouldn't an AEM-7 have better crash protection?
I think it would, but there is really no reason for a conversion. The only route that uses them would fit NPCUs anyway, and the current Metroliner cab cars can be used for baggage since Amtrak doesn't allow them to be occupied by passengers anyway. I understand that any sort of AEM-7 conversion project is dead.
zkr123 Now that the AEM-7's are being retired, will we see them become high speed cabbages?
Now that the AEM-7's are being retired, will we see them become high speed cabbages?
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I was just thinking of the electrified zone. Thanks.
Without much electrified push-pull operation there does not seem to be much need for an AEM7 cabbage car, although it would be neat to see one on the Keystones.
It depends on whether or not you consider the Springfield connector trains as NEC trains. Otherwise, the Keystones are it.
Other than the NY-Harrisburg trains, do any other Amtrak NEC trains run push-pull?
blue streak 1It might be possible that because the AEM-DCs were not compatible to the throttles of current locos. Now the -ACs may be different but--- ? ?
I can think of a number of reasons a 'neutered' AEM-7 wouldn't be as useful a cabbage candidate as an F40. But surely the 'remote' throttle and control arrangement isn't one of those things!
It might be possible that because the AEM-DCs were not compatible to the throttles of current locos. Now the -ACs may be different but--- ? ?
No. They are being scrapped, and there is no reason to make more. If they need any more cab cars, they will rebuild more Metroliners.
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