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Kathy Hochul: “Adding brand new diesel electric locomotives that are also…”

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Kathy Hochul Holds Press Briefing On New MTA Metro-North Railroad Service

Published | Video Starts at 01:32

First of all, we outfitted trains with state of the art GPS and train simulation software. We also had to make significant investments in our signaling infrastructure to boost the train speeds. That was important. And Adding brand new diesel electric locomotives that are also faster and greener. And this was all supposed to happen in 2026, so no, it's going to happen in 2025. Well, it's 2025 and we are literally two weeks away from the start. (01:32–01:38)

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