by eolesen
The cost of maintaining a gallery car is always going to be lower since there are multiple parties who could do the work.
Talgo was a closed shop i.e. only they could maintain the WisDOT equipment, and that made it a very expensive contract which the Walker Admin wasn’t willing to foist on taxpayers.
Gallery cars on an express service are entirely suitable for Chicago – Milwaukee. Where it gets confusing is the person who rides a gallery car on one leg, then winds up on the Empire Builder for the other direction. It’s a confusing product.
Extending Metra into Wisconsin would be a no-brainer, but the southern WI counties want nothing to do with Illinois mismanagement, politicians and corruption.
Talgo was a closed shop i.e. only they could maintain the WisDOT equipment, and that made it a very expensive contract which the Walker Admin wasn’t willing to foist on taxpayers.
Gallery cars on an express service are entirely suitable for Chicago – Milwaukee. Where it gets confusing is the person who rides a gallery car on one leg, then winds up on the Empire Builder for the other direction. It’s a confusing product.
Extending Metra into Wisconsin would be a no-brainer, but the southern WI counties want nothing to do with Illinois mismanagement, politicians and corruption.
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