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p4177y t1_j0e6b4i wrote

Random guess, but it may be being delivered to PATH from the factory. I think there's actually a Kawasaki factory in Yonkers of all places that manufactures them. So it kind of makes sense that it'd be delivered by road from Yonkers given the dearth of rail connections that would allow freight on that stretch of the Hudson.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j0efyay wrote

Yup.

Also PA is supposed to start refurbishing existing cars. Don’t know if they started that yet or not. But at some point in the near future all existing cars are supposed to cycle out for a while to get refurbished.

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Weegmc t1_j0ggxyn wrote

You are 100% correct. PATH sends cars to the Kawasaki factory in Yonkers for an overhaul. They are trucked back and forth, there is no other option.

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malina118 OP t1_j0ey7au wrote

Interesting! Thanks for the info on this, it makes sense. I've just never seen something like this before nor heard of it happening either. So very unexpected!

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TrafficSNAFU t1_j0hvkpi wrote

PATH also started receiving new cars from Japan this year, they were delivered by ship to Port Newark and trucked up to Harrison.

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_j0i90ev wrote

This is probably it. Yonkers handles the final assembly. PATH is probably accepting the new cars to have longer trains on NWK-WTC.

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214ObstructedReverie t1_j0ihqvf wrote

I've seen them moving cars on the little 3E local section in Secaucus right before 1-9.

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