|
|
| Re: LACMTA Metro plan to purchase rail cars from Japanese firm assailed (1154215) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: LACMTA Metro plan to purchase rail cars from Japanese firm assailed |
|
|
Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Wed May 2 12:31:23 2012, in response to LACMTA Metro plan to purchase rail cars from Japanese firm assailed, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed May 2 04:13:28 2012. As the market gets competitive, the losing bidders use public bullying or cajoling tactics to overcome rivals. Think Bredas plant in LA ploy. As to who does better work, seems to me there have been problems with cars built by everyone in one case or another. We all know about Boeing's LRVs. Boston's next fleet from Kinki is the workhorse of the Green Line. The Bredas were years late... CAF was caught using parts not meeting contract specs on a batch of WMATA cars. There were early issues w/both the Bombardier and Kawasaki NTT cars IINM. Say Acela, say problems. I am less aware of Siemens lemons but I suspect there is history. |
|
|
|