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Los Angeles County's rail car contract falls apart AnsaldoBreda already behind on 50 cars

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Posted 02 November 2009 - 02:42 PM

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(11-02) 07:57 PST LOS ANGELES, (AP) --

A deal to build 100 rail cars for Los Angeles County's transit system has fallen through, costing the region an estimated $368 million in economic activity and hundreds of jobs.


Why? Read more: http://www.sfgate.co...L#ixzz0VjUu3lwX

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 12:32 PM

I don't understand why they would want to go with a company that is doing such a bad job on the current contract.
And, the company apparently wants more concessions?
(Acutally, I can; lobbyists with lots of $$$ and promising jobs in someone's district)

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 11:27 PM

This is a good thing. The cars were 6,000 pounds overweight, late and they had to reinforce some bridges to accommodate them.
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