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Posted by nasadowsk on Sun Jul 31 14:23:39 2016, in response to Re: PHOTOS: first day of Denver RTD B Train, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Jul 31 12:55:19 2016. I was also annoyed that they didn't go with the M8s since they were buying new high platform MUs. Those would have worked practically off the shelf, just nix the third rail gear and restrooms.Why buy a 155,000 lb pig when you can buy a 130,000 lb pig? Sure you're getting bacon either way, but one's gonna be cheaper in the long run. Of course, long term, it'd be better to base your rail system around attitudes that don't expect passenger cars that weigh as much as locomotives, but that's apparently too advanced a notion for most US transit agencies these days. (Of course, back in the 50's, Budd built EMUs that weighed less than unpowered coaches of the day. The Silverliner IIs are actually the same fucking body as the Pioneer IIIs, but they ended up being 10,000 lbs heavier because GE couldn't build as light a propulsion system as Westinghouse could. By that time, Philly area rail services were sucking the public's tit, so nobody cared anymore anyway) |
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