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Posted by Widecab5 on Tue Jul 27 08:58:16 2010, in response to Re: WMATA: 7k cars are not composed of 2 married pairs, posted by Sand Box John on Mon Jul 26 23:12:01 2010. Well that's certainly more complete than the sketchy answers received over the weekend, though the total quoted to me was 728 new cars by something like 2018, not 648.Another difference was the observation that a future overhaul for the 5000's and 6000's would require them to become compatible with the 7000's (as the 4000's are supposed to be if I understand correctly). This is apparently not an option for the 2000s and 3000s, and it remains questionable how long they will remain useful and/or cost effective once the 7000's do arrive and the "second generation fleet" of they mixed with the overhauled 4000s/5000s/6000s is formed by about 2020. That would leave the 2000s and 3000s as an "orphaned fleet" so to speak. In addition, there was a great deal of angst expressed about some of the previous WMATA General Manager's decisions regarding Metrorail and its new fleet. Specifically described were some amusing histrionics about seat configuration and materials, as well as the knowledge that Metro does not have sufficient power capacity to handle the 8-car trains to be created by the 7000's on a system wide basis without a massive upgrade. In the course of conversation it sounded like the previous management deliberately avoided addressing this issue. Lastly I have a question: where did you get those nice Metro car drawings posted yesterday? Regards, George Chiasson Jr. (Widecab5@aol.com) |
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