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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
What's the reason they don't go with EMU's? Why haul coaches with a electric loco when you can have the flexibility of multiple units?
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SEPTA recently made a large EMU order (the Silverliner V's).
This is to replace the mostly AEM7's in their push-pull fleet (acquired in the 1980s). They're also looking to replace the coaches with bilevels IIRC.
They use these trains pretty much only on peak expresses.
On another note, SEPTA and NJ Transit are both rumored to be interested in whether those bilevel Comets NJ Transit uses can be fitted with EMU equipment. NJ Transit, especially, is said to be interested in replacing their aging Arrow III's (which are the same vintage as SEPTA's Silverliner IV's and MTA's M2's, the latter of which have almost all been phased out in favor of their M8's).