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And what about Salini/WeBuild for construction and Renfe for operations? Those contracts are already awarded. Amtrak can't just step in and undo that unless the entity declares bankruptcy. But that's been the plan all along.... defraud the investors and then make taxpayers bear the final cost of a w...

Someone more knowledgeable in "Buy America" will need to explain how can Amtrak take the lead on what was a private project being underwritten by foreign consultants that was planning to use Japanese technology and rolling stock....

I can't help myself. This coming Tuesday is the four week mark.

Whoever had money on "three weeks to clear the channel" has already lost to the house.

My 90 day estimate for removing the wreckage stands.

Without working PTC in the lead, they'd be operating at a restricted speed. Replacing the leader gave them double the speed.

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They couldn't find anything else, so they will scold them over procedure and attitude?



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Those SD70s are workhorses... any word on why the Chargers were sidelined? A bad PTC box would prevent them from leading, but not from being MU'd. So dead in tow is an assumption, not necessarily fact.

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That's why only critical or proprietary parts get escrowed.

Lights, brake lines and fan motors are a commodity you can somewhat easily work around with another provider's product. A truck frame casting or inverter control module, not so much.

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Nah, no more need for "help" from Congress... It's already commonplace in procurements to require the design for critical parts and software to be placed into escrow, so if the OEM disappears, the purchaser still has some recourse to get replacements fabricated. Sent from my SM-S911U using...

And now someone in MEM is pissed their engine got loose....

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Tadman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:49 pm Any news on the Duluth train? Would love to ride that some day.

Wait until the Daley era tax breaks to get those corporate headquarters start expiring. He left office in 2011, and those are typically 15-20 year deals.

This is why some companies still insist on tight vertical integration, and others are re-thinking their offshore supply dependencies.

The F59PHI is a personal favorite... doesn't look like a 50 year old locomotive, even though all of them are over 20 years old....

Don't forget we'd have seatbelts on trains with a requirement to keep them on at all times while the train is in motion.

We require that in private cars and aircraft, yet don't require it on buses or trains. Go figure.

So essentially, you have no actual data, and are relying entirely on media reports for your information?

That pretty much explains everything.