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Keep in mind that we are talking about accommodation types for train services where only 40% rather than 80% of the time spent on board...

I would assume that they will be retired and kept for spare parts (i.e., canibalized to extend spare part availability for the ETC...

The last Corridor Renaissance set seems to disappear next month, making the QMOs all-Siemens...

Do you own mutual funds or have RSPs? Even your CPP contributions. They are only able to grow as investments by the traded companies...

Of course corporations are going to maximize their profits. But the fact that the railways sell off their ROWs and then governments...

then you are relying on the different manufacturers delivering their products in similar timeframes so that consists could be fully...

From what I recall, the way how Canadian property tax rules value tracks much higher than the land on which they are built, creates a...

It works in the sense that it allows them to be competitive because the don't have to carry the costs of property and infrastructure...

I doubt that they can legally pull off a joint procurement, especially given that they are subject to different trade agreements (e.g...

I can‘t find it in the RFQ I posted, but IIRC, such a configuration was explicitly allowed, provided that the bidding consortium would...

Indeed, the RFQ only asked for „trainsets“ (with mentions of locomotives only when describing its legacy fleet)...

As I understand it, the RFP looked for trainsets, but did not specify their precise composition. Self-propelled equipment was allowed...

Indeed. It's not even the first agency in Canada to have requirements like that. UP Express had similar requirements.

Those aren't unreasonable RfP requirements.

Indeed, and that is a big rabbit hole that one could go down. Or showing lines by movements. Or passenger ridership. Etc., ad naseum...