Bomb bomb bomb Bombardier...

[Euphod]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-cta-train-probe-0309-20120309,0,7634226.story

Tell you what, just use the defective cars for now, and we'll replace the bad parts later... wink wink...

 

[jeffmorris]

NYCTA R46 subway cars had defective trucks that had to be replaced, putting Pullman Standard out of business. NYCTA R44 subway cars were lemons, putting St. Louis Car out of business. NYCTA Flxible buses were lemons, putting Flxible out of business.

 

[slabay]

NYCTA Flxible buses were lemons, putting Flxible out of business.

EVERY Flxible bus was a lemon.....I've driven them before!! No power steering and a ridiculous air-actuated shifter for the transmission to select forward and reverse: Engineering like that, how could you POSSIBLY stay in business!

And defective castings from a Chinese steel manufacturer? Wow, what next from the Chinese, defective drywall? Never mind......

 

[daylightguy]

That is what I hate about our products nowadays It is not high quality, It is cheap, and It will last about 20 years and companys never put safty first when building somthing what ever will make the most money at a fraction of the building cost will work. Also HOW CAN YOU SCREW UP A SIMPLE CASTING. leave it to china to to do it and I thought it was because of the bearings when they pulled them out in decembere?

 

[JCitron]

That is what I hate about our products nowadays It is not high quality, It is cheap, and It will last about 20 years and companys never put safty first when building somthing what ever will make the most money at a fraction of the building cost will work. Also HOW CAN YOU SCREW UP A SIMPLE CASTING. leave it to china to to do it and I thought it was because of the bearings when they pulled them out in decembere?

It's called cutting the cost to the barest minimum to maximize profts. This I blame on both the customer and the supplier because the customer wants everything at the best price, and the manufacturer wants the best profit.

John

 

[Klinger]

CTA did the right thing, they found something wrong on their cars, blew the whistle by taking them out of service and demanded that the manufacture fix them PROPERLY. People may look down on CTA for the defects, but they are not at fault at all, and in fact, they prevented the problem from become far worse in the future.

Broken journal housings are not good. Not quite sure how they work on CTA cars because of the inside bearing trucks, but even on an outside bearing truck, a broken housing will destroy bearing, axle, and likely a wheel set as well. At at higher speeds then I am use to that CTA operates at, it could be catastrophic.

 

[JCitron]

CTA did the right thing, they found something wrong on their cars, blew the whistle by taking them out of service and demanded that the manufacture fix them PROPERLY. People may look down on CTA for the defects, but they are not at fault at all, and in fact, they prevented the problem from become far worse in the future.

Broken journal housings are not good. Not quite sure how they work on CTA cars because of the inside bearing trucks, but even on an outside bearing truck, a broken housing will destroy bearing, axle, and likely a wheel set as well. At at higher speeds then I am use to that CTA operates at, it could be catastrophic.

I agree, klinger. The CTA was smart in this. The MBTA would have let the manufacturer replace the parts as time permitted. I think they did that with their new LRVs that kept jumping the tracks.

http://www.bcheights.com/2.6173/t-is-for-trouble-1.928040

John