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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Apr 24 12:15:28 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Apr 24 08:26:13 2006. Most *buildings* are designed with a 25 year lifespan.You want more life out of them, then you have to put more into them. When the Monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey told their architect that they wanted their new monastery to be built with a 100 year lifespan, the archetect fell over laughing. But we are a religious order with over 1500 years of existance, and many buildings that are several hundred years old, and so no they were not kidding, and once the architect climbed back up into his chair, that is exactly what he designed. The building is very well made. Given my experience with railcars, I should be happy to expect a 40 to 50 year lifespan for them. Acccording to my calculations the M1s are 40 years old (give or take a smmodge) They lived well, they could have carried on with proper rebuilds, but somewhere along the line the accountant say enough. And after that, nothing else matters. ROAR |
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