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Re: BART's new car: Bombardier mock up at APTA |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Oct 18 12:46:47 2014, in response to Re: BART's new car: Bombardier mock up at APTA, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Sat Oct 18 04:11:09 2014. BART is thoughly unionized--strikes last yeatr. As to the class 1s, there is a long held conviction that BART chose the non standard guage in order not to be able to take over existing RR ROW. At the time of the decision, Bechtel Corp which was part of the consortium doing all of the design work was linked to the Southern Pacific holding company w/Steven as Board Chair and Steven Jr as a Director. At the time SP was working hard to get rid of the Peninsula commuter service now known as Caltrain.As to catenary v third rail, given that BART IS a subway system, I have no particular preference. WMATA has proven some subway systems can't cope w/snow. MBTA has both catenary and third rail operations... BART has gained ridership as auto centric dinosaurs have disappeared. |
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