COASTER amayenda pa sitima ndi galimoto kupita kunyumba yatsopano ku Campo
Oceanside, CA - Chidutswa cha mapaundi 282,000 cha mbiri yanjanji yaku Southern California chikusungidwa. Patatha zaka pafupifupi zisanu zokonzekera, locomotive ya COASTER F40 idachoka panjanji ndipo idakwera pamagalimoto kupita kumalo osungiramo njanji ku Campo.
"Ma locomotives a F40 ndi gawo lofunikira m'mbiri yonse ya COASTER ndi dera la San Diego," atero a Graham Blackwell, Chief Rail Operations Officer wa NCTD. "Kugwira ntchito kuyambira chiyambi cha utumiki mu 1995, F40s idasuntha anthu mamiliyoni ambiri m'zaka zawo 25 zomwe zikugwira ntchito pamphepete mwa nyanja, kulumikiza North County kupita ku San Diego."
Chigawo cha North County Transit (NCTD) chapereka sitima yapamtunda ya COASTER ku Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association (PSRMA) komwe idzasungidwe ndikuperekedwa kuti aficionados azisangalala nazo. M'kupita kwa nthawi, sitimayo idzakhala m'gulu la zombo zogwirira ntchito za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kuti alendo aziwonerera zikuyenda pansi pa njanji.
"Ntchito ya COASTER ya NCTD ndiyofunikira kwambiri pa zomwe tikufuna," atero a Stephen Hager, Purezidenti wa PSRMA. "Utumiki wathu umatsindika kwambiri kuteteza njanji za San Diego County. Locomotive ya F40 ikuyimira mwayi wabwino kwambiri wosunga cholowa cham'badwo woyamba wa zida zapamtunda za COASTER. "
F40 yoperekedwa, locomotive #2103, idamangidwa mu 1994 ndipo inali gawo la ntchito yotsegulira ya COASTER mu February 1995 COASTER #2103 idakhalapo komaliza mu February 2021. Lingaliro losintha ma locomotives a F40 ndi Nokia Charger locomotives livomerezedwa ndi NCTD. Board koyambirira kwa 2018.
Gawo loyamba laulendo wa locomotive yopanda mphamvu idakhudza kuyisuntha ndi sitima yonyamula katundu kuchokera ku Oceanside kupita ku National City. Atafika ku National City, ma crani akuluakulu awiri adakweza sitimayo kuchoka panjanji ndikuyika zidole ziwiri zapadera zamagalimoto. Zinatenga masiku awiri kukwera sitimayo mtunda wa makilomita 72 kupita kunyumba yake yatsopano ku Campo, kuyenda usiku wokha komanso pafupifupi mamailosi 6 pa ola. COASTER inali ndi apolisi operekeza pamene imayenda m'madera oyandikana nawo komanso m'misewu yapafupi. Magetsi ena apamsewu ndi zingwe zamagetsi anafunikira kusunthidwa kuti atsegukire sitimayo.
Ngakhale F40 iyi sichingaganizidwe kuti ndi yakale chifukwa cha zaka zake, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale idafuna kupezerapo mwayi wosunga zida za njanji ikadzuka. Tsoka ilo, nthawi zambiri zida zokalamba zidachotsedwa ntchito m'mbuyomu mwayi wosunga zidazo sunagwire.
Pankhani ya COASTER F40, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Carl Moyer Grant yoperekedwa kwa NCTD kuti ilowe m'malo mwa F40 poyambirira idafuna kuti locomotive ichotsedwe. PSRMA ndi NCTD zinagwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi CARB ndi San Diego County Air Pollution Control District kuti asinthe momwe angathandizire ndikulola kuti locomotive ipulumutsidwe ndi injini ya dizilo yokha yomwe idawonongeka. Popanda kulowererapo koyambirira kwa PSRMA, sipakanakhala mwayi wosunga mbiri ya locomotive iyi ku San Diego County. Phindu la kulowererapo koyambiriraku lidzayamikiridwa kwambiri pamene nthawi yogwira ntchito ya locomotive ikupita patsogolo m'mbiri.
Alendo atha kukonzekera kuwonera COASTER ku PSRMA pofika Fall 2022. Avereji yokwera masitima apamtunda opita kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale ndi pafupifupi 12,000 pachaka.
