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The additional service incorporated per the Board's comments into Concept B requires a fourth <br />trainset. It is assumed, as in Concept A, that all trainsets will consist of a locomotive, two <br />coaches, and a cab coach for push-pull operation. As in Concept A, and for the same reasons, <br />the rotation of the four trainsets underlying this revised concept provides for ovemight layover at <br />both Elk River and at St. Cloud. In this case, however, two trainsets stay overnight at each <br />location, alternating between the two each night. Thus, it is possible, from the point of view of <br />routine maintenance, to locate the primary facility at either place, with the other serving only for <br />routine servicing and cleaning. An advantage for the St. Cloud location would be the proposed <br />weekend service pattern, since weekend and holiday trains require only one trainset which <br />originates at St. Cloud, makes three round trips, and "ties up" at St. Cloud in the evening. <br />Presumably, extra trains for special events would also run through to St. Cloud. However, <br />Concept B will work with the central shops at either location. A recommendation and decision <br />can thus be left largely to considerations other than the service pattern, such as site conditions, <br />land costs, desirability of reuse of existing railroad property at St. Cloud, and so forth. <br /> <br />Equipment requirements for the four trainsets in service would be four locomotives, eight <br />coaches and four cab coaches, to which would be added one spare of each, for an overall <br />Concept B requirement of: five locomotives, nine coaches and five cab coaches. <br /> <br />Following are weekday example timetables for this general concept, plus an illustration of the <br />rotation of trainsets which will accommodate maintenance facility location at either Elk River or <br />St. Cloud. As was noted in the description of initial Concept "A", the running times shown in <br />these example timetables are estimates based on a number of observations, and on comparisons <br />with other systems and historic performance on this line. As the corridor operation has not yet <br />been subjected to an operations simulation, it may be expected that some adjustments will be <br />necessary. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />