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My understanding with the current LRC fleet is that the refurbishment was only a temporary life extension, and that the problem lies within the aluminium frames of the cars themselves being on the verge of being pulled by Transport Canada.
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Of interest...
The LRC coaches were built in La Pocatiere... I didn’t realize that. That’s the plant that is threatening to lay off half their workforce if they don’t get any new orders.
The premier of Quebec is already talking about advancing the order of replacement trains for the MR-73’s by about 20 years just to keep the plant open!
Bombardier might have a real chance here to make a diesel-powered, Acela 2.0 set (Acela was already based on LRC).
It makes one think about the JetTrain prototype they built a few decades ago........
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03-01-2018, 08:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2018, 08:55 AM by timio.)
I've ridden the Renaissance cars on the Ocean between Montreal and Halifax, and once from Brockville to Toronto. I find them more comfortable than the LRC cars.
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Tilting has been disabled for far longer, I'm not sure it was ever used. They in fact removed the tilting mechanism in one of the later refurbs.
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Yes, this goes hand-in-hand with the new contract for Corridor trains. This way the entire fleet has workable accessibility.