by ExCon90
When was the last time girder rail was manufactured? Since new LRV lines have a lot of track not in pavement the demand must be minuscule.
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ExCon90 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:53 pm When was the last time girder rail was manufactured? Since new LRV lines have a lot of track not in pavement the demand must be minuscule.I heard the last company that manufactured girder rail went under in the early 2000s.
bikentransit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:39 pm This Saturday will be the last day of rail operations for the 15 for the foreseeable future. There's speculation that the 10 will be recalled to Elmwood to eliminate trolley mechanics at Callowhill.Then why all of the new track installation along Richmond Street? I believe the Westmoreland and Richmond Street Loop has been replaced as well.
mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:03 am Except the 15 IS part of the modernization project:That's a DVRPC study, though. Is there any reason to believe SEPTA would be fully or partly bound to it? They've ignored the DVRPC on more than a few occasions.
https://www.dvrpc.org/Reports/18028.pdf