by Disney Guy
They did not even have enough trains for the normal pre-Covid weekday schedule before the latest arcing axle problem that took some trains out of service. "They" includes agencies that certify the cars for use as well as those that maintain the cars for use.
Who was around and following the T back around 1976? Were there actually a few days, as reported in some news reports, when there were fewer than 50 operable cars (PCCs, each about 2/3 the size of one of today's cars) about the entire Green Line? (Supposedly they were all assigned to Riverside with bustitution of the other branches.) Snow and ice were blamed for the large number of breakdowns and out of service cars. Are we today repeating the history of not putting more effort into keeping older equipment operating just in case newer equipment (Boeing cars back then) not being ready for use when expected?
Who was around and following the T back around 1976? Were there actually a few days, as reported in some news reports, when there were fewer than 50 operable cars (PCCs, each about 2/3 the size of one of today's cars) about the entire Green Line? (Supposedly they were all assigned to Riverside with bustitution of the other branches.) Snow and ice were blamed for the large number of breakdowns and out of service cars. Are we today repeating the history of not putting more effort into keeping older equipment operating just in case newer equipment (Boeing cars back then) not being ready for use when expected?
Build something. Anything.