04-04-2018, 08:02 PM
(04-04-2018, 06:35 PM)Canard Wrote: The flatcars are very customized - easily several hundred k each. They’re a lot more complex than I think people give them credit for.
The point is: Bombardier has no reason to spend a dime building another one. It’s not their fault now we’re late.
That doesn't match what I've heard elsewhere. It came up on Urban Toronto at https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/io...st-1260402 where user smallspy said:
Quote:The "lack of transporter cars" is really a fairly trivial issue. It will take CN 6 hours or less to rig up another car - they just need to be told by Bombardier to do it.
I'm not sure the exact background of that user, but he's one of the more senior members on that forum and CPTDB, with a long history of being right about these sort of things and having lots of reliable insider info on Bombardier (and general rail operations).
I'm not saying you're not trustworthy Canard, but right now I've got two very "in the know" people telling me totally opposite things, so I'm not sure what to believe.