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Read my post a little more carefully. I said they are pulling ACTIVE cars out of service now. The 3610, 3617, 3622, 3625, 3639, 3644, 3677 & 3690 all came directly off the rails from being in service and went to Alstom in one piece. I did read your post carefully. I said they're not ALL good ca...

They're literally pulling active cars out of service and sending them to Alstom. I'm surprised they aren't sending ones out that are already out of service for slewing bearing issues, missing parts, draft gear, etc: They're not all good cars at Alstom. Several of them are wrecks/yardbirds/missing p...

Tough time to take the reins at a long-struggling commuter rail operation. I don't know what mistakes he may have made, but I have to say I feel for the guy.

Can someone summarize why the Commuter rail is down so many locomotives? I don't know how much of this is true: 1) Snow getting in the traction motors and causing damage. Repairing them takes a long time because the repair capability of the local shops can't deal with the work. 2) New HSP's aren't ...

I wonder what the MDBF numbers are like for those Everett-rebuilt motors compared to the ones sent out by BET. I've heard a lot of skepticism from people with a lot more qualifications to pass judgment than I have about the motivations behind the MBTA's choice of doing rapid transit motor work in-h...

Would the cost be any lower if they re-bid the contract & dropped the MA assembly plant? Probably no. It almost certainly would be lower. Even with CNR taking a gamble on getting more orders in the future to cover the full cost of the factory, they are still charging the T millions on this orde...

Come to think of it, has anyone invented an improved air intake system for cooling down motors, for example a hose, flexible to allow the trucks to swivel, drawing air from higher up, or even drawing interior air? Traction motor blowers on electric/diesel electric locomotives are located inside the...

Do they run more 1800's down the Braintree line than Ashmont, meaning the 1800's took the brunt of the hit (getting stuck, stranded, etc.) when that line went out of service due to snow cover? In the past there was a policy, involving the 01400s, but nothing since the 01800s arrived. The only issue...

However, when passing trains brushed snow off the rail, it partially melted and froze, leaving a patch of ice, an electrical insulator. This was corrected by adding heaters at intervals, but you can't heat every inch of third rail. Does the width of the third rail really make much difference in how...

Do they run more 1800's down the Braintree line than Ashmont, meaning the 1800's took the brunt of the hit (getting stuck, stranded, etc.) when that line went out of service due to snow cover?

Then where is the T "leadership" speaking up about how things really are and wheeling and dealing for more/better funding? The silence is (and has been for the last generation or two) deafening. I don't claim to have the solution here, but it seems to me that this would just be begging to...

https://www.facebook.com/fox25news/photos/a.263598063121.140595.168744703121/10152823109733122/?type=1&fref=nf Here's the Fox News story. I'm really beginning to wonder why it was necessary to smash the windows since the MBTA says there was no real emergency. In fact, the passengers could have ...

1. I don't see how the dreaded customization of this locomotive has anything to do with botched-up traction motor bearings. 2. If the MBTA reported every major technical problem from every vehicle project to the press (or, heck, even a fraction of them), they would be replacing their project managem...

What contractual delivery penalties are in place I the event of late (and late=?) delivery of units (e.g. Delays due to pre-delivery, off site traction motor warranty repairs)? It would certainly be desireable to have many/most of them in revenue service before the snows of winter fly! Vehicle cont...

CRail, yes, rolling stock is intended to last 30+ years. But only if given a proper mid-life overhaul, and regular preventative maintenance. If I recall correctly from reading the last published fleet plan, the majority of the T's equipment fleet did not receive overhauls like they should have. Rai...