amtrakowitz wrote:
Slightly OT: As far as Europe goes, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland are excepted on their railroads, building even new electrification as 15 kV 16⅔ Hz—including in the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
Because the Swiss, among others, still have a good amount of equipment that's not multisystem. There's still electrics from the 60's running around Switzerland, and shunters from the 30's (ok, one) still out there, even.
Fan Railer wrote:Which doesn't bode well, especially considering the woes Bombardier is going through at the moment as well. Not sure which other vendor NJT would turn to for the Arrow IVs at this point if Bombardier doesn't shape up.
Who cares what happens to Snowmobiles, Inc? There's plenty of other competent builders (Siemens, Alstom, Stadler) out there that can build a working product. Just stay away from the Chinese or Breda... It'll be interesying to see what Stadler's KISS does out in California, though IIRC it's a bit too tall to fit into NYC anyway...
