From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Clark F Morris   wrote:   
   >On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:32:21 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:   
   >>>On 8/12/2014 12:19 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>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.   
   >>   
   >>>They do meet the recently updated FRA Tier I standard. Similar DMUs are   
   >>>going to be deployed in California (Sonoma-Marin SMART Service). For   
   >>>that service they meet the following requirement spelled out in the RFP:   
   >>   
   >>>"The vehicles shall be designed and manufactured to be in compliance   
   >>>with 49 CFR 238 requirements applicable to Tier I Passenger Equipment   
   >>>and with all applicable APTA and AAR standards and recommended practices."   
   >>   
   >>Thank you. That's great to know.   
   >   
   >The design is overweight by European standards and incompatible with   
   >the rest of GO Transit which assumes low platforms.   
      
   Someone else commented that it's a similar model to what was ordered by   
   Sonoma-Marin counties. Aren't those standard-height platforms?   
      
   I like floor-height platforms.   
      
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