Posted by John Craft on September 03, 2003 at 07:55:21:
In Reply to: Re: LIRR should have filed a State Environmental Quality Review posted by NathBDP on August 22, 2003 at 10:51:12:
You say you "I don't wish for the LIRR to shut off their engines because I have respect and understanding of what the railroad is." Are you completely overlooking the environment that surrounds it and the "public" you said it servers in a different post on this BB?
You say "Go design a new locomotive". Why bother re-inventing the wheel?!?!
I'm afraid your ignorance in this area is a major handicap in your thought process.
The fact it there are numerous alternatives available which allow for locomotive
engines to be parked for extended periods of time without the need to run the
engine at idle continuously. Such as, the "deisel driven heating system" and
the "Auto Start/Stop" system or plug in terminals (which keep the heat/AC running
in the passenger compartments WITHOUT IDLING THE TRAIN!)