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Re: Option III order for the R160? |
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Posted by willd on Tue Dec 1 19:50:31 2009, in response to Option III order for the R160?, posted by Chipper10 on Tue Dec 1 18:43:48 2009. Given that they've moved on to the R179s, and the fact that it is unlikely those cars will significantly deviate from the form set by the R143s and copied with the R160s, then it is highly unlikely there will be an additional order of R160s. That having been said, because of the conservative nature of the NYCT's rolling stock acquisition process, you could probably view the R179s as an option order of upgraded R160s. In the same way the R160s could be viewed as an option order of upgraded R143s. Fine, the manufacturers and a few bells and whistles may change, but on a fundamental level the R179s will be effectively no different from any other NYCT rolling stock introduced in the past 50 years.While the rest of the world will continue to adopt subway stock that allows passengers to walk from one end of the train to the other unimpeded, NYers will be restricted to whatever 50 to 60 foot box they happened to board, all in the misguided name of safety. |
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