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Re: WMATA: 7k cars are not composed of 2 married pairs |
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Posted by SchuminWeb on Tue Jul 27 11:59:16 2010, in response to Re: WMATA: 7k cars are not composed of 2 married pairs, posted by Widecab5 on Tue Jul 27 08:58:16 2010. 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.I think there's enough of them (364 at time of rehab) to make this not be a huge problem even if they did become the only cars running with the "old" technology. However, I believe they'll have the Alstoms to run with for just about their entire remaining useful life, as the 6000-Series first arrived in 2006 - thus a rehab at roughly 2026, about the time when the 3000's would reach the magic age of 40, when railcars generally get retired. |
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