Talk:Comet (railcar)

Top speed wrong

All Comets are certified for 100 mph max. None of them are certified for 120 mph.

71.173.4.212 (talk) 08:44, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Sigh

I'm sure some of this info is good, but geez, cites anyone? I've pulled some cruft out of there that didn't belong and reorg'd the headers a little. Still, it's way too long and did I mention that there are no cites?? --plaws 22:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Whoa. MUCH better. Thanks, Adam! --plaws (talk) 03:07, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Multilevel cars

Despite the desires of many, including myself, the NJT multilevels are not called Comet VI's. Their official name is the "Multi-Level railcars". Real creative. See here, where they're refered to as such right alongside the Comet Series names: [1] oknazevad (talk) 04:39, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Move

Comet (passenger car) → Comet (railcar)

Passenger car has always struck me as not being specific enough, as it could refer to an automobile. Rail car is unambiguous, which is the point of parenthetical disambiguations in the first place. oknazevad (talk) 04:51, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Eh, decided to be bold and took care of it oknazevad (talk) 01:21, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Please explain this...

The Comet III cars, ordered by New Jersey Transit in 1990, feature center doors and long end-doors, permitting end doors to open and close with traps open. What are "long" doors, and what are traps? -- RoySmith (talk) 20:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

The center doors are at floor level; therefore can only be used at a station with high-level platforms. The end doors can be used at stations with low-level or high-level platforms. A trap contains a set of stairs that is deployed for low-level platforms; retracted and covered to allow a flat floor for use at a high-level platform. (They are also generally retracted for running.) The long door extends vertically to cover the entire opening, with the trap either deployed or stowed. Acps110 (talk) 22:04, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

As a minor correction, the stairs don't actually move at the traps. Only the actual hinged trapdoor moves, manually. The part about the long doors that cover the steps is correct, however. oknazevad (talk) 02:03, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Comet IV Cab Conversion

It appears that a few of the Comet IV cab cars are being converted into standard coaches. Since they have not been used following the arrival of the Comet V cab cars, they have always been used as trailer coaches, usually behind the locomotive. Now, they are appearing to meet their fate: the cab controls, horn, and strobes have been removed, and the windows & lights plated over. The only things that remain are the lighted number boards on the side and the tiger stripes on the front; also, there's still no door on the engineer's side. An example of a converted cab car can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUyqT-nvDcU

Not sure if this will happen to the entire cab fleet, but seeing that four cars so far have received the conversion, my guess is that all former cab cars will be converted to this. Davidng913 (talk) 14:39, 25 April 2023 (UTC)