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Posted by WillD on Fri Oct 12 20:19:10 2007, in response to Newest Hybrid for MTA, posted by RonInBayside on Thu Oct 11 13:12:24 2007. I guess I'm the only one who could give a damn what it looks like. The big problem I see with it is that it's yet another attempt to shoehorn gas turbine engines into inappropriate applications. USDOT has squandered billions trying to make gas turbine locomotives only to end up with some shortlived M1s, 15 year old French trainsets sitting in Bear DE, and a pork barrel project for Bombardier which yielded one demo locomotive. Just what we need to do, hand another multimillion dollar R&D contract to a foreign company to confirm that yes, gas turbines are a bad idea in so volatile an environment.If we're gonna do pork couldn't we at least try to keep the money here in the states? Hell, if Manhattan wants quieter streetlevel transit then build some LRT networks. The rest of the US has figured it out, surely NYC can catch up. |
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