by BandA
Irony is that MA cars aren't eligible for feddybucks for their CRRC-MA cars, but SEPTA Commuter Rail coaches ordered from same factory are.
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orange1234 wrote:To my knowledge, only the carbody shells are coming from China. There is a minimum 60% domestic content requirement in the contract and CRRC has exceeded that. The trucks (bogies) are coming from Bradken (formerly Atchison Casting).Atchison Foundry was formerly a Rockwell subsidiary (LFM), supplying locomotive subframes.
BandA wrote:I don't understand why the "T" passed over the feddybucks. I thought all rolling stock and most buses were purchased with some sort of federal funding.I guarantee you that the MBTA did not pass on any Federal funding. There is a pot of money they get, it doesn't necessarily get split among every single capital project.
So I guess CRRC absorbs any steel tariff costs. Additional sanctions might be more problematic, but if CRRC can save money by substituting domestic parts they will, and that would be a win for the USThere may not be a domestic supplier readily available.
Stp243 wrote:According to the last slide of the PowerPoint presentation it looks like these new units will be trucked from Springfield to the Wellington Facility. I thought CSX would ship them since they have a spur that leads directly into CRRC's facility in Springfield. That being said I have noticed that the siding ends at CRRC's gate and there is a graded and ballasted, yet trackless path beyond the gate connecting to where the storage tracks are. Was there some sort of physical/logistical reason for choosing trucks over rail?More likely the trucking cost was cheaper.
BandA wrote:How are they receiving the shells from China?The shells are being shipped by sea. I don't remember if it is into Port of Boston or a west coast port.
BandA wrote:They need to have the option of a rail siding to ship to other customers.Not really. Most major subway car or street car projects now have a stipulation that the car should be built, aka assembled, in the home state of the system they are being built for.