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Posted by Sand Box John on Wed Mar 24 07:55:18 2021, in response to Re: WMATA 5k Car Get's A Second Life, posted by MainR3664 on Tue Mar 23 21:26:33 2021. Wow. I said it before, and I'll say it again....Those 5K and 6K cars sure had some short lives... The suits on WMATA's staff advised the Board of Directors that the cost of upgrading the crash worthiness of the 4 and 5k cars as part of their mid life rehabilitation would be roughly the same as replaceing them with new. The mid life rehabilitated cars would last another 20 years. The new cars that replaced them will last 40 years. Original 7k procurement schema. 64 cars Phase I Silver line (4 cars prototype development and testing). 64 cars Phase II Silver line. 100 4k cars mid life rehabilitation (Rehabilitation to make 4k cars compatible with 7k cars). 300 cars to replace 1k cars. 220 cars fleet growth. Total 648 7k cars, 100 rehabilitated 4k cars, Total 748 cars. Total fleet growth 220 cars. Modified 7k procurement schema. 64 cars Phase I Silver line (4 cars prototype development and testing). 64 cars Phase II Silver line. 300 cars to replace 1k cars. 100 cars to replace 4k cars. 192 cars to replace 5k cars. 28 cars fleet growth. Total 748 7k cars. Total fleet growth 28 cars. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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