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Re: LIRR DE/DMS Some reasons why |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Tue Feb 26 10:26:28 2008, in response to Re: LIRR DE/DMS Some reasons why, posted by johnnytrains on Tue Feb 26 09:53:45 2008. Since MTA is the parent to stepchildren LIRR and MNCR, could they not just say, GENESIS ?While I think that MTA should refuse to pay for what their entities want they think it unwise, I do think that MTA has to defer to the expertise at the railroads generally. MTA administers the bureaucracy, so the relevant expertise probably sits with the railroads. About the only thing that might've smelled fishy so far has been raised by Selkirk, and that's that the manufacturer didn't have the track record of a Bombardier or Kawasaki (or in earlier times, Budd), etc. I don't know that the choice should've killed the deal, but in retrospect, maybe there should have been more attention paid. Maybe there's a good reason for sticking with the usual suspects for orders. (It'll be interesting to see how this Silverliner V order by SEPTA works out). |
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