Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions
Author: wondering
Date: 09-21-2018 - 14:32

Looking forward to a future when SMART has to provide more than occasional commute service ... can they do double track thru Cal Park Hill, or is that precluded by the trail in the tunnel? Obviously, they can't do double thru the tunnel north of downtown SR without building a bigger tunnel ($$$e07 or 08). Those spots, and trundling thru downtowns SR and Petaluma on single track at grade, will be bottlenecks should SMART ever have enough demand to consider real transit-level operation (trains every 15 min. or 1/2 hour in both directions most of the day). Until they reach that point, their traffic density probably won't justify wiring for electric operation, though at some point Tier-4 diesel will no longer be good enough and something will have to be done about local emissions which could trigger electrification of some kind before operating needs do.



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  SMART - DMU and EMU questions CaseyJ2 09-21-2018 - 07:32
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions-Costs Vary as do the "priority" of other needed rail investments... BOB2 09-21-2018 - 08:19
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions-Costs Vary as do the "priority" of other needed rail investments... Bill 09-21-2018 - 08:36
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions-Costs Vary as do the "priority" of other needed rail investments... david vartanoff 09-21-2018 - 09:55
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions Max Wyss 09-21-2018 - 08:57
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions george manley 09-21-2018 - 10:14
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions Joe Magruder 09-21-2018 - 10:22
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions wondering 09-21-2018 - 14:32
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions Commenter 09-21-2018 - 15:41
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions CaseyJ1 09-21-2018 - 17:22
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions Commenter 09-22-2018 - 09:19
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions synonymouse 09-22-2018 - 15:48
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions Clem 09-22-2018 - 20:03
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions Max Wyss 09-23-2018 - 06:39
  Re: SMART - DMU and EMU questions synonymouse 09-24-2018 - 10:38


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