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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jun 16 00:23:05 2012, in response to Bombardier Wins Contract to Supply 260 New Metro Cars for BART, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jun 15 21:42:57 2012. As usual the car ##/built years cited are wrong. Only 250 cars were on the property in 1972. the second Rohr order came later and at a much higher price than the low ball first order (no competitors on bid #2. BART agit prop claims the oldest rapid transit fleet in the US conveniently ignoring the R32s which are 8-9 yrs older. Happily the new cars will have common subway amenities like destination signage (original BART cars had none). |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jun 16 16:12:09 2012, in response to Re: Bombardier Wins Contract to Supply 260 New Metro Cars for BART, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jun 16 00:23:05 2012. And hopefully a RFW! |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jun 16 17:58:26 2012, in response to Re: Bombardier Wins Contract to Supply 260 New Metro Cars for BART, posted by randyo on Sat Jun 16 16:12:09 2012. no chance. BART was OPTO from day 1. best we ever had was a rear cab w/ the door shade up. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jun 16 20:32:43 2012, in response to Re: Bombardier Wins Contract to Supply 260 New Metro Cars for BART, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Jun 16 17:58:26 2012. When I rode BART in the 1990s, the odd thing was that the "C " cars which were the 2nd generation cars that could be used anywhere in the train had a shaded cab door glass that allowed passengers to see the "operator" but provided no true forward view. The original "A" cars which could only be used on the ends of trains had a large enough operator's vision glass which made a sort of half decent RFW. Depending on the design, there could be a remote chance that the new cars would have some sort of RFW even if it is through a tinted cab door glass. |
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