by drwho9437
Do these contracts have a mechanism to account for inflation since they were signed well before the inflation spike we had from the pandemic?
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drwho9437 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:16 am Do these contracts have a mechanism to account for inflation since they were signed well before the inflation spike we had from the pandemic?I don't have the contract in front of me - I am not even sure it's publicly available - but I believe it was a set contract of X amount of money for Y amount of railcars. If costs go up, then the manufacturer eats it.
davinp wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 6:59 am They should already have started building them last year as we need them next year because the 2000/3000 series are too old and need to be retired by 2024.The 3000s seemed to be the backbone of WMATA for years and even outlasted newer cars.
R36 Combine Coach wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:06 pmThe 2000/3000 series were rehabbed 20 years agodavinp wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 6:59 am They should already have started building them last year as we need them next year because the 2000/3000 series are too old and need to be retired by 2024.The 3000s seemed to be the backbone of WMATA for years and even outlasted newer cars.
The new 8000 series, in the recent prototype sample, resembles the R211.