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» New York City Transit (more..)
» NYCT R-255/Wabtec WAB6HYB (more..) |
» 96 Street-Broadway Station
» New York, New York, USA (more..)
» September 06, 2024 |
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Wabtec R-255 Debuts On The Vak Train. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) NYCT Subway's NEU Railways/SOCOFER Vaktrak train travels at 2-8 mph collecting debris from the track. Although originally planned to be self-powered, the unit is normally paired with an MPI MP-8-AC/R-156 but on this night had NYCT R-255/Wabtec WAB6HYB HL001. The train travels various routes after rush hour service ends before returning to the yard to dump its contents.
This view shows the battery compartments on the engineer's side of the locomotive.
The Wabtec WAB6HYB/R-255 is a 675hp hybrid work locomotive designed for the demands and clearances of the New York City Subway system. The diesel engine charges the batteries, which will allow the locomotive to operate for 8 hours. This will allow a new generation of locos to pull work trains through the subway with a much lower level of emissions. MTA NYCT Subway presently rosters 90 diesel engines that operate on non-revenue work trains, and is adding this 25 unit order of R-255s as well as the 10 R-77Es under conversion to R-257s by CAD Railway Industries to increase the size and flexibility of the fleet. |
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