Unfortunately, they probably will go via NS/PAS/PAR*. So Enola to Mohawk, to Lawrence.
*this is not a diss of NS!
*this is not a diss of NS!
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NETransit wrote:Update: On October 16, 2015, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board approved Authority for Action for the overhaul of 32 additional Kawasaki coaches (750-781) for $32.1 million, increasing the total number of cars to be overhauled to 106.
ns3010 wrote:Stumbled across this tidbit from NETransit:Good. That means the 33 BTC-4C's less than 10 years old are the only ones not getting the full upgrades. I would imagine that's a small enough batch to install the ASA screens in-house so the full bi-level fleet can get both the audio and the visual announcements like all others. And a small enough batch that max authorized speed uprates from 79 MPH to 90 MPH like the others is likewise not too much of an in-house reach. They're too young to need any other work.
NETransit wrote:Update: On October 16, 2015, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board approved Authority for Action for the overhaul of 32 additional Kawasaki coaches (750-781) for $32.1 million, increasing the total number of cars to be overhauled to 106.
ns3010 wrote:Stumbled across this tidbit from NETransit:I wonder if all of this familiarity with the K-cars, especially in light of an expansion of the work order, might be the beginnings of the MBTA looking to Alstom to build the extra cars that the T was supposed to get from Rotem.
NETransit wrote:Update: On October 16, 2015, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board approved Authority for Action for the overhaul of 32 additional Kawasaki coaches (750-781) for $32.1 million, increasing the total number of cars to be overhauled to 106.
Bramdeisroberts wrote:and hopefully they would gladly accept!! the Rotem order should have never happened! The new rebuilds are greatns3010 wrote:Stumbled across this tidbit from NETransit:I wonder if all of this familiarity with the K-cars, especially in light of an expansion of the work order, might be the beginnings of the MBTA looking to Alstom to build the extra cars that the T was supposed to get from Rotem.
NETransit wrote:Update: On October 16, 2015, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board approved Authority for Action for the overhaul of 32 additional Kawasaki coaches (750-781) for $32.1 million, increasing the total number of cars to be overhauled to 106.
If I were Alstom, I'd almost be throwing together an unsolicited bid at this point...