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Re: Why do the R142 R143 and R160 have similar designs ? |
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Posted by tracksionmotor on Sun Apr 27 16:54:37 2008, in response to Why do the R142 R143 and R160 have similar designs ?, posted by error46146 on Wed Apr 23 20:51:26 2008. To start with, we're talking cosmetics and uniform design features. The R142 has little to do with R143/R160 class cars.Now let's go to manufacturing: Kawasaki won the R160 contract and used existing tooling (R143) to produce the R160 carbody....biggest part of a contract car...you can change out trucks/propulsion/pneumatics/amenities but changing out carbody design is like scrapping a car design in Detroit.....MTA wants uniformity in the fleet. Bombardier won MTA contracts for M7/M7A EMUs but lost to Kawasaki for M8 dual-mode. Bombardier will get M9 contract....has tooling. Kawasaki lacks. All trains will look alike and work alike by 2020. |
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