I'm glad I saw this topic before posting. Glad I saw that info about the current 'fix' being temporary, and hope its accurate.
Because what I saw, I didn't like. I was riding car 822 home on Saturday night, when I noticed 2 things wrong (its the same issue,
just verifiable two different ways).
1) It just caught my eye. but it was noticeable. Looking and engineers cabin, the back wall of the engineers cabin seem like there was a noticeable
gap between the ceiling and the wall. at the outer edge where the engineers cabin meets the outside wall, it meets, but as the wall progresses
inwards towards the center, there is a gap. so things shifted around there. In addition:
2) this was me riding in the back of the train, so the engineer was not present. but the conductor was stowing goods there.
He swung the door, and started walking away. The door bounced back. Nothing unusual. perhaps he didn't push it hard enough to overcome
the latch. so he tried again. nope, didn't work. he had to apply pressure at the bottom of the door with his toe/foot to get it flush to close
When all this was going on, I noted that the top of the door met with the door jamb before the bottom. so when the top of the door was totally
inside the door enclosure area, the bottom still stuck out, until pressure was applied to force it in.
My conclusion, was that the body was warped, top to the left (from the rear facing position). nothing visually noticeable except those two items
I mentioned.
And I admit, I could be totally off, perhaps this one car was like this, always. Perhaps what I describe has nothing to do with the repairs and
proper alignment. I didn't have my laser accurate devices to determine what is 'level' and to see if all was congruent.
but, visually, and thru actions witnessed, at least this one car, seemed ever so slightly off.
And with a car expected to last many many years, just that little bit of 'off'ness associated with stresses in the body to maintain this 'off'ness,
I would think issues would arise in the future for this car, and others, if same issue exists elsewhere.
But if all is temporary, and the 'real' fix will be coming along, all is moot. but I'd hope someone WILL be there making sure that all that was square
and even before, remain square and even after the permanent fix is in place