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I seriously think this 'stub' should be merged with Rapid transit technologyorChicago 'L'. There really isn't much to expand here. Jim Kotwani 23:05, 30 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simplyj (talk • contribs)
===Types of married pairs=== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2009}} Married Pairs present a variety of options regarding their couplings and equipment layout. [[Railfans]] and industry professionals alike have extended the term along the general theme of [[marriage]]. *'''[[Civil Union]]s''' - These units are mechanically single units with a complete set of equipment on each train and standard couplers between every car. While able to operate alone the cars may only have one cab or no cabs at all, requiring to be paired up for normal operation. All [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] rolling stock is of the civil union variety. *'''[[Protestant]] Married Pairs''' - These units are the most common variety of married pair in that components are shared between cars and the coupler are of a semi-permanently type which cannot be separated in normal operation. However, with some effort the cars can be broken apart and re-paired with other units. *'''[[Catholic]] Married Pairs''' - This consist of [[articulated]] units which share wheelsets and thus cannot be separated without a great deal of effort. Most modern [[trams]] and [[light rail vehicles]] are of the Catholic variety. *'''[[Mormon]] [[Plural marriage|Married Pairs]]''' - This is a married pair consisting of more than two units. While similar to a standard railroad trainset, Mormon married pairs are still regularly combined into larger trains. The [[New York City Subway]] is the largest user of the Mormon married pair initially converting their Protestant married pair [[R44 (New York City Subway car)|R44]], [[R46 (New York City Subway car)|R46]] and [[R68 (New York City Subway car)|R68]] units into 4 or 5 car Mormon married pairs. All new car orders, the [[R142]], [[R142A]], [[R143]], [[R160A]], and [[R160B]] car classes, have been of the Mormon variety.
No idea if this is a joke or not. Not encyclopedic.Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:58, 18 October 2010 (UTC)Reply