I-COASTER ihamba ngesitimela namaloli iye ekhaya elisha e-Campo
Oceanside, CA - Ucezu lwamaphawundi angu-282,000 lomlando wesitimela saseSouthern California luyagcinwa. Ngemuva kweminyaka ecishe ibe mihlanu yokuhlela, isitimela sesitimela i-COASTER F40 siphumile kujantshi futhi silayishwe ngamaloli samnyuziyamu kaloliwe eCampo.
"Izitimela ze-F40 ziyingxenye ebalulekile yomlando we-COASTER kanye nesifunda saseSan Diego," kusho uGraham Blackwell, oyiChief Rail Operations Officer we-NCTD. "Isebenza kusukela ekuqaleni kwenkonzo ngo-1995, ama-F40s ahambisa izigidi zabagibeli eminyakeni yawo engu-25 nangaphezulu esebenza kunethiwekhi enhle yogu, exhuma iNorth County neSan Diego."
I-North County Transit District (NCTD) inikele ngesitimela se-COASTER ku-Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association (PSRMA) lapho izogcinwa khona futhi yenziwe itholakalele aficionados wezitimela ukuze bayijabulele. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, intimela izoba yingxenye yemikhumbi esebenza emnyuziyamu ukuze izivakashi zibukele zehla ngomzila wesitimela.
"Inkonzo ye-COASTER ye-NCTD ibaluleke kakhulu esitatimendeni sethu," kusho uStephen Hager, uMongameli we-PSRMA. “Isitatimende sethu semishini sigcizelela kakhulu ukugcinwa kojantshi besitimela saseSan Diego County. Isitimela se-F40 simelela ithuba elihle lokulondoloza ifa elingokoqobo lesizukulwane sokuqala semishini yesitimela i-COASTER.”
I-F40 enikelwe, i-locomotive #2103, yakhiwa ngo-1994 futhi ibiyingxenye yesevisi yokuqala ye-COASTER ngoFebhuwari 1995 COASTER #2103 yagcina ukusebenza ngoFebhuwari 2021. Isinqumo sokushintsha izitimela ze-F40 ngezitimela ze-Siemens Charger savunywa yi-NCTD. Ibhodi ekuqaleni kuka-2018.
Ingxenye yokuqala yohambo lwesitimela esingenawo amandla sasihilela ukusihambisa ngesitimela esithwala impahla sisuka e-Oceanside siya e-National City. Ngemva kokufika e-National City, o-crane ababili abakhulu baphakamisa isitimela basuka kojantshi bafaka odoli ababili bamaloli abakhethekile. Kuthathe izinsuku ezimbili ukushayela iloli lesitimela amakhilomitha angama-72 ukuya ekhaya laso elisha eCampo, sihamba ebusuku kuphela futhi sihamba amakhilomitha ayi-6 ngehora. I-COASTER ibiphelezelwa ngamaphoyisa njengoba ihamba komakhelwane nemigwaqo yendawo. Kwadingeka ukuthi kususwe amanye amarobhothi nezintambo zikagesi ukuze kungene isitimela.
Yize le F40 ibingeke ibhekwe njengomlando ngeminyaka yayo nje kuphela, umnyuziyamu ubufuna ukusebenzisa ithuba lokulondoloza impahla kaloliwe uma iqhamuka. Ngeshwa, ezimeni eziningi lapho okokusebenza okuguga kwakhishwa emsebenzini esikhathini esidlule ithuba lokulondoloza okokusebenza alizange lithathwe.
Endabeni ye-COASTER F40, i-California Air Resources Board (CARB) uCarl Moyer Grant owaklonyeliswa i-NCTD ukuthi ithathe indawo ye-F40 ekuqaleni yayidinga ukuthi isitimela silahlwe ngokuphelele. I-PSRMA ne-NCTD zisebenze ngokubambisana ne-CARB kanye Nesifunda Sokulawula Ukungcoliswa Komoya Kwesifunda saseSan Diego ukuze kulungiswe izimo zesibonelelo sikahulumeni futhi kuvumele isitimela ukuthi silondolozwe ngenjini kadizili kuphela ecekeleke phansi. Ngaphandle kokungenelela kusenesikhathi kwe-PSRMA, belingeke libe khona ithuba lokulondoloza umlando walesi sitimela eSifundazweni sase-San Diego. Inani lalokhu kungenelela kusenesikhathi lizokwaziwa ngokugcwele njengoba isikhathi sokusebenza kwesitimela sesitimela sidlulela emlandweni.
Izivakashi zingahlela ukubuka i-COASTER e-PSRMA ngo-Fall 2022. Isilinganiso sokugibela ezitimeleni zokuvakasha ezingokomlando zasemnyuziyamu cishe singu-12,000 ngonyaka.
