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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
It's so crazy to think that if the SMART project had been just a few years later, they could have procured lighter, cheaper and infinitely more attractive off the shelf DMUs due to the upcoming FRA deregulation/waiver.
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I personally find the trains good-looking (Japanese designed, and no, I'm not biased
). Is it a sure thing that the FRA will relax regulations once the deadline for PTC occurs? I've heard a lot of talk, but nothing concrete. On that note, momentum does appear toward that direction. It
is frustrating that we may have gotten a better deal, but Measure Q passed in 2008. Enough time has passed already. If we were just starting to buy the trains now, I couldn't see it opening with the current schedule. But it just shows the stupidity of having the rules in the first place.