artthouwill Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, strictures said: "Nippon Shapiro"??? It's Nippon Sharyo. My smart phone autocorrected to Shapiro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 2 hours ago, artthouwill said: I watched both videos. It's the exact same script, except replacing VRE with Metra. Ugly livery aside, I can't wait to ride them in Metra service I guess this means Nippon Shapiro is about done in the U.S. They have closed the Rochelle plant a fee years ago The design is totally outdated as the design is a minimum of 70 years old. Somehow I think Metra will try to make the interior as bland as possible. Well, they aren't the only ones in that regard lol. MARC's & NJTransit's MultiLevels are bland on the inside as well, and I believe their upcoming orders will be as well. In regards to Nippon Sharyo, I believes this leaves Bombardier (now Alstom), Siemens, Hyundai-Rotem and now Stadler as the only companies left producing commuter rail rolling stock. At least it's more competitive than heavy rail rolling stock. So much for Buy America tho (in the strictest sense of the term). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twyztdmynd Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 Amsted Rail Transit announced it will partner with Alstom to supply 200 new multilevel railcars for Metra, according to the company’s press release. https://www.metro-magazine.com/10152286/amsted-rail-alstom-partner-to-supply-200-commuter-railcars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 6 hours ago, twyztdmynd said: Amsted Rail Transit announced it will partner with Alstom to supply 200 new multilevel railcars for Metra, according to the company’s press release. https://www.metro-magazine.com/10152286/amsted-rail-alstom-partner-to-supply-200-commuter-railcars TL;DR - Amsted is just building the bogies for Alstom to use on the train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 4:46 PM, NewFlyerMCI said: Well, they aren't the only ones in that regard lol. MARC's & NJTransit's MultiLevels are bland on the inside as well, and I believe their upcoming orders will be as well. In regards to Nippon Sharyo, I believes this leaves Bombardier (now Alstom), Siemens, Hyundai-Rotem and now Stadler as the only companies left producing commuter rail rolling stock. At least it's more competitive than heavy rail rolling stock. So much for Buy America tho (in the strictest sense of the term). By my calculations 200 cars divided by 10 diesel lines is 20 per line. Heritage Corridor only runs 9 cars total so they might get 3 to 6 cars, if any That might bump some UP and BNSF lines up to 22 new cars. I'm not sure if NCS or SWS needs that many new cars. I wonder when Metra will decide to replace the cab cars? Metra Electric will be stuck with their rolling stock for at least another 25 to 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 CTA is receiving delivery of its 8350 series buses and is now starting to receive 7000 series cars. Now we are waiting on Metra to see when we will see at least a pilot car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 9 hours ago, artthouwill said: CTA is receiving delivery of its 8350 series buses and is now starting to receive 7000 series cars. Now we are waiting on Metra to see when we will see at least a pilot car. RTAMS says: Current Status A Notice to Proceed for the base order of 200 cars has been issued in April 2021. Project Management Plan has been developed and approved. Design activities are ongoing with intermediate design review as well as performing carbody shells. These are expected to continue through to Q3-2022. The first 3 cars are projected to be delievered in September 2024. Last Updated 04.22.2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted April 28, 2023 Report Share Posted April 28, 2023 On 5/4/2021 at 7:48 PM, NewFlyerMCI said: Looks like VRE is also getting the same railcars (looks like they even just reskinned the metra video lol). Searching around for "Coradia Multilevel" (because most Coradias are single-level streamliners, except for Duplex) turned up this memo from VRE staff, stating that VRE joined the Metra procurement because they run the same equipment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 Report that Metra received $100 million of federal car replacement money for 50 cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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