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Re: Redlands groundbreaking for Metrolink-Great News, Can;t Wait to Ride..."Rare mileage", restored to service...
Author: Joe Cullum
Date: 07-21-2019 - 15:23
Interesting discussion.
I read somewhere that this extension is not FTA type light rail. It's like SMART/Texrail (you can run it with BNSF, although it is my understanding BNSF hasn't run east to Redlands for a few years.
Arrow is supposed to run WITH Metrolink. On that report I read Arrow will run west to Montclair-Claremont area and meet with the Metro Gold Line.
What needs to happen is Metrolink needs to buy some Stadler or Nippon Sharyo type DMUs and run them Intra-County on reverse commutes or on runs that dont hold the ridership for an entire train.
It's cheaper to do it this way. A couple of years ago there was a very knowledgeable consultant at California Passenger Rail Summit in Union Station who explained why Metrolink should go Electrolink on some lines a la Caltrain...
But I still believe a few DMUs will help on not stealing locos and saving the Counties some of their moneys.
Joe Cullum in Exeter ca
mvs Wrote:
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> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I don't know why we haven't found our own local
> > version of Mouse to whine about this project?
> >
> > I mean what with three of the "evil" DMU's to
> be
> > run by evil Thomas's pal "Devious Diesel" and
> > all.....?
> >
> > Great news, I can't wait to ride it. I can't
> wait
> > to take 3751 over ML, back to a Route 66 Days
> > festival in San Berdo, and take a spin on it
> out
> > to Redlands, and back...
>
> I do not intend to play the Devi1's Advocate role
> you're alluding to, BOB2, but is there sufficient
> demand for a Sprinter-type DMU service running all
> day between San Berdoo and Redlands?
>
> I do wish this could've been an extension of the
> San Bernardino Line and the IEOC Line; I suspect
> that much of the ridership will be continuing on
> to Cucamonga, San Gabriel Valley, Downtown LA, and
> Orange County. Having to change trains in San
> Bernardino is not ideal.
>
> Also, I wish they were considering making a
> southward turn around Loma Linda to connect with
> the UP Sunset Route. Once the open land between
> the Redlands Line and the Sunset Route is
> built-up, forget about making this connection.
>
> Thanks as always for your insight.
I read somewhere that this extension is not FTA type light rail. It's like SMART/Texrail (you can run it with BNSF, although it is my understanding BNSF hasn't run east to Redlands for a few years.
Arrow is supposed to run WITH Metrolink. On that report I read Arrow will run west to Montclair-Claremont area and meet with the Metro Gold Line.
What needs to happen is Metrolink needs to buy some Stadler or Nippon Sharyo type DMUs and run them Intra-County on reverse commutes or on runs that dont hold the ridership for an entire train.
It's cheaper to do it this way. A couple of years ago there was a very knowledgeable consultant at California Passenger Rail Summit in Union Station who explained why Metrolink should go Electrolink on some lines a la Caltrain...
But I still believe a few DMUs will help on not stealing locos and saving the Counties some of their moneys.
Joe Cullum in Exeter ca
mvs Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> BOB2 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I don't know why we haven't found our own local
> > version of Mouse to whine about this project?
> >
> > I mean what with three of the "evil" DMU's to
> be
> > run by evil Thomas's pal "Devious Diesel" and
> > all.....?
> >
> > Great news, I can't wait to ride it. I can't
> wait
> > to take 3751 over ML, back to a Route 66 Days
> > festival in San Berdo, and take a spin on it
> out
> > to Redlands, and back...
>
> I do not intend to play the Devi1's Advocate role
> you're alluding to, BOB2, but is there sufficient
> demand for a Sprinter-type DMU service running all
> day between San Berdoo and Redlands?
>
> I do wish this could've been an extension of the
> San Bernardino Line and the IEOC Line; I suspect
> that much of the ridership will be continuing on
> to Cucamonga, San Gabriel Valley, Downtown LA, and
> Orange County. Having to change trains in San
> Bernardino is not ideal.
>
> Also, I wish they were considering making a
> southward turn around Loma Linda to connect with
> the UP Sunset Route. Once the open land between
> the Redlands Line and the Sunset Route is
> built-up, forget about making this connection.
>
> Thanks as always for your insight.
