Yet Carrolton Shops in New Orleans keeps 92-year-old Pearly Thomas streetcars renewed regularly, and Douglas Shops 119-year-old Manx Electric interurban cars rolling,
blue streak 1Typical political problem. Get incompetents in place but do not plan for replacement parts. It would seem that when ever you buy equipment that a contract provides for replacement parts. That would maybe have requirement that all parts drawings and tools revert to buying agency instead of them being scrapped. Granted that will not always be feasible but over 200 OOS cars ? http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2018/01/standing_on_a_train_right_now_it_might_be_because_nj_transit_cant_find_parts.html#incart_river_home_pop
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Our society have made mechanics into simple parts replacers. If they don't have the 'correct part' they don't have the knowledge, skills or ability to fabricate a 'fix' for the bad part.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
It just never stops. Even my Lionel New Jersey Transit U34CH broke down!
Don't worry, I fixed it.
And the Lacawanna Electrics on the M&E marched on for almost 50 years.
Typical political problem. Get incompetents in place but do not plan for replacement parts. It would seem that when ever you buy equipment that a contract provides for replacement parts. That would maybe have requirement that all parts drawings and tools revert to buying agency instead of them being scrapped. Granted that will not always be feasible but over 200 OOS cars ?
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