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| TURBOLINER (RTL-II/RTL-III) TRAINSETS | |||||||
| As of September 22, 2004, all three RTL-III trainsets were in storage in Bear, Delaware. At issue are problems with the air conditioning system and possibly other systems. SuperSteel Schenectady has been ordered to stop work on the remaining trainsets. | |||||||
| The New York State Dept. of Transportation, Amtrak and the FRA were funding the refurbishment of the RTL trainsets that were originally built by Rohr Industries in the mid-1970s. The RTL-II was rebuilt in 1995, and featured higher horsepower turbines than the original equipment. It was sent to SuperSteel Schenectady, Inc., in the summer of 2003, and the cars are presently off the active roster awaiting rebuilding into RTL-IIIs. The original RTL-III program envisioned seven five-car trains, and Amtrak and New York State DOT attempted to renegotiate the configurations with the posibility of adding an additional coach to existing trainsets. As of the summer of 2004, negotiations stopped, and the state of New York sued Amtrak over the alledged lack of support to bring 125-mph train service the the Empire State. The first RTL-III trainset entered revenue service in April 2003, with the second one placed in revenue service a few weeks later. The third RTL-III was delivered to Albany/Rensselaer in September, 2003, but was never used in active service. Each five-car trainset consists of a Turbopower car - Coach - Cafe - Coach - Turbopower car. On the RTL-III, the odd-numbered Turbopower cars is configured for Business Class, while the other is configured for Coach. These trainsets were renumbered to make room for new P42s. The configuration of the RTL-II was: 2131-2279-2380-2281-2139. This trainset was removed from service in late 2002, and was sent to SuperSteel for a planned refurbishment into an RTL-III. The configurations of the RTL-III trainsets are: Trainset 1: 2135-2270-2383-2272-2158 Trainset 2: 2141-2288-2374-2284-2162 Trainset 3: 2143-2276-2389-2273-2150 Information on specific equipment follows: |
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| TYPE | SERIES | CAPACITY | ACTIVE | ||||
| Coach-RTL-II | 2279, 2281 | 72 | 0 | ||||
| Cafe-RTL-II | 2380 | 52 | 0 | ||||
| Coach-RTL-III | 2270, 2272, 2284 2288, 2273, 2276 |
76 | 0 | ||||
| Cafe-RTL-III | 2374, 2383, 2389 | 52 | 0 | ||||
| Turbopower (RTL-II) | 2131, 2139 | 27 (Business Class) | 0 | ||||
| Turbopower (RTL-III) | 2135*, 2141, 2143 2150, 2158, 2162 |
24 (Business Class) 36 (Coach) |
0 0 |
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| TURBOLINER POWER CARS | |||||||
| TYPE | SERIES | ACTIVE | SPEED | HP | WT | YEAR | BUILDER |
| RTL-II | 2131, 2139 | 0 | 125 | 1600 | 151,000 | 1976/1995 | Rohr/Amerail |
| RTL-III | see above | 0 | 125 | 1600 | 151,000 | 1976/2000-2003 | Rohr/SuperSteel |
| * RTL-III Turbopower car 2155 was renumbered to 2135. | |||||||
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