Ace posted:You certainly are full of criticisms. We get the picture that you hate SEPTA.
The fact of the matter is that SEPTA has a difficult situation with defective equipment and there are no quick easy fixes for it.
I will be interested to hear factual updates on this subject.
One of the issues that interests me is, why can't rail transit systems in the USA develop more standardized equipment with proven designs that stand the test of time? To what extent are the defective SEPTA cars different from those used on other heavy-rail transit systems in the USA?
I'm not sure that he "hates" SEPTA.
He's a Pennsylvania resident and a fair amount of ALL residents tax dollars go to fund the perennially broke SEPTA. His tax dollars paid for those cars so he's earned the right to levy criticism.
There are only a handful of heavy electrifications in the USA using MU equipment like SEPTA . NJ Transit and Metro-North/LIRR are the only ones that come to mind, if you exclude the METRA/IC line in Chicago or the South Shore.
Given this limited market how much would this research cost and how effective (or objective) would it be?
Would we be better off teaming with European countries to develop a global standard? And how would this solve the issue at hand, where the design appears to have been changed to a lesser cost casting which could not handle the stress and fatigued.
