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Alaska Railroad Colorado Railcar Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU)

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Alaska Railroad Colorado Railcar Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU)
Posted by Railvt on Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:12 PM

Do any members know if the ARR is still using the one double-decker DMU it obtained from Colorado Railcar? What was the ARR's operating experience with the car? Is it stored, used seasonally, for sale?

I'm not looking for a general debate about the merits of one DMU vs another, nor of DMUs vs RDCs--but rather real world information on this car and the ARR's experience(s) with it.

THANKS!

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Posted by NorthWest on Thursday, January 26, 2017 9:28 PM

The car is currently in use as a passenger car in regular locomotive-hauled trains. Whether or not that is due to difficulties with the car or due to operational changes since it was purchased is not something that I know.

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