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A Hyundai Rotem cab car of Metrolink An EMD F125 locomotive of Metrolink at Los Angeles Union Station. Metrolink, the commuter rail system serving Southern California, operates a fleet of passenger train rolling stock consisting of 60 locomotives, 137 active Bombardier BiLevel Coaches (called the “Sentinel Fleet” by Metrolink), and 137 Rotem Commuter Cars (called the “Guardian Fleet”).
After this accident, Metrolink leased 40 diesel freight locomotives from BNSF, to be placed into service as temporary cab cars while they investigated problems with their Hyundai-Rotem cars. On July 8, 2016, the Metrolink board approved a $1.5 million plan to repair the plows on the Hyundai Rotem cab cars.
[30] [31] Metrolink determined that all of the pilot assemblies on the Hyundai–Rotem cab car had not been securely attached, and on July 8, 2016, the Metrolink board approved a $1.5 million plan to repair the pilots. [32] Metrolink sued the manufacturer a few months later, alleging faulty parts and a breach of contract and warranty. [33]
Metrolink Train 407 hit a white Toyota Camry on the tracks near the intersection of Rose Hills Road and Capitol Avenue, killing two people inside the car at 8 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.
All three locomotives, the leading Metrolink passenger car, and ten freight cars were derailed, and both lead locomotives and the passenger car fell over. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The collision occurred after the Metrolink passenger train engineer, 46-year-old Robert M. Sanchez, failed to obey a red stop signal that indicated it was not safe to proceed into ...
The contract entails the delivery of the first 4 cars by October 2010 while the remaining 71 cars were scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2012. However, due to chronic delays, shoddy workmanship, material shortage, and the death of Hyundai Rotem's chief executive, M.H. Lee, in November 2012, only four cars have been delivered by the end of ...
Rotem Commuter Cars are a series of multi-level passenger rail cars for commuter rail operations. They are manufactured by Hyundai Rotem . Hyundai Rotem began marketing commuter rail cars in 2006 [ 1 ] to compete with rail car manufacturers in North America against established manufacturers like Bombardier Transportation and Kawasaki Heavy ...
A gunman sprayed a Metrolink train with bullets late Wednesday night at a Palmdale station, leaving two people hospitalized and a passenger car pocked with holes.