From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=493058&nseq=4   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pearson_Express   
      
   Nippon-Sharyo is assembling DMUs for Union Pearson Express, Toronto,   
   a rail service to run between Toronto Union Station and Pearson International   
   Airport. Wikipedia notes that they meet Tier 4 air pollution emissions   
   standards and that they're convertible to EMUs if desired.   
      
   I'd like to know if they meet FRA buff strength requirements or if they're   
   nonstandard for use in United States passenger service.   
      
   The picture is on the Rock Island. That's the Armour Institute building   
   and one of the Mies IIT buildings. btw, the AAR car engineering test   
   facility was once located there, but that work was long consolidated   
   with the Pueblo facility. The photographer is standing on the 35th Street   
   rail station platform.   
      
   The plant is in Rochelle, Illinois, where UP and BNSF to Saint Paul   
   cross and where there's a railroad viewing platform. I think they just   
   have access to UP. They come in on UP and must use Saint Charles Air Line   
   to access Rock Island. Not sure what the rest of the route is, but   
   good to know that they're not trucked.   
      
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