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General discussion about locomotives, rolling stock, and equipment

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 #1057684  by jstolberg
 
To summarize:

Existing contracts:
Chicago Transit Authority 706 cars
New Jersey Transit 100 vehicles
Sunrail 14 cars, options on 50 more
Maryland MTA 54

2012 contracts:
New York City transit 300 cars
BART 260 cars with options on up to 515 more

They just got the first option deal struck with BART for 150 cars.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/ ... OQ20120626

When will they be able to fit another 40 Acela cars in the busy schedule?