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Accurate-Temporary73 t1_iuea0rz wrote

Don’t forget about the MASSIVE contract with that crappy Chinese company CRRC for the new train cars.

They’re years behind schedule, way over budget, and have had numerous mechanics failures on the few cars that were delivered.

They tried to save a few bucks by not going with Bombardier or one of the other US/Canada based companies and it’s biting them in the ass.

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rip_wallace t1_iugkyoi wrote

What other US company? Lol

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bakgwailo t1_iuiznul wrote

There are none. And Bombardier basically just got blacklisted by the MTA for fucking up the r211 order so badly.

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rip_wallace t1_iuj0bue wrote

Exactly. The CRRC contract sucked because we asked them to build a factory in Springfield and provide manufacturing jobs despite Americas move away from those types of jobs

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