From: cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca   
      
   On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:25:21 -0400, Jishnu Mukerji   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 8/13/2014 1:58 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >> On 12-Aug-14 23:21, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> Clark F Morris   wrote:   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Yes.  GO Transit also has a history of selling their older equipment to   
   >> US transit agencies, hence the desire for complying with FRA and APTA   
   >> rules even though as a Canadian operator they don't need to.  They also   
   >> get some benefits of economy of scale by joining the larger US market.   
   >>   
   >>> Aren't those standard-height platforms?   
   >>   
   >> Yes, they use UIC standard 55cm platforms, same as CMTA, DCTA and NJT's   
   >> River Line.   
   >>   
   >> S   
   >>   
   >   
   >If the picture pointed to by this URL:   
   >   
   >http://www2.sonomamarintrain.org/userfiles/image/TrainandPathway-web.png   
   >   
   >is an accurate depiction of what the SMART DMU is going to look like   
   >then it would appear to be 4' high platform and not 55cm.   
   >   
   >Admittedly, I have not seen a picture of the real thing so I don't know   
   >for sure. but it would be surprising for SMART to post a misleading   
   >picture on their own web page   
   >http://www2.sonomamarintrain.org/index.php/what_is_smart/   
   >   
   >CMTA, DCTA and NJT use Stadler GTW's. This one is an entirely different   
   >animal.   
      
   The SMART DMU and so far as I know the GO DMU both are designed for   
   the 51 inch high platforms, the standard North American single level   
   car floor height.  The standard GO car is designed with steps so that   
   the standard freight compatible 8 inch high platform can be used and   
   has an internal 22 or 25 inch high floor on the lower level.  The Salt   
   Lake City variant has no steps and is designed for a 22 inch high   
   platform which is what the Front Runner uses (actually composed of a 3   
   car 22 inch high platform plus a 1 car 8 inch high platform so that   
   trains with 3 GO style cars and 1 ex-NJT Comet car can be used).  A   
   standard GO car can not use the standard high level platform.  A 22   
   inch high platform will clear all but 4 loaded freight cars in the   
   North American Register according to Hans-Joachim Zierke but not a   
   person riding on the end step.   
      
   Clark Morris   
   >   
   >/J   
      
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