Comments on: Nearly $1 Million for Streetcar Storage? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/02/nearly-1-million-for-streetcar-storage/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: PraetoR http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/02/nearly-1-million-for-streetcar-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-528249 PraetoR Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:54:17 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=19384#comment-528249 Škoda-Inekon cooperated only on this one design and Inekon dissolved partnership quite a long time ago. Both companies are manufacturing this design on their own now; those made for DC were made by Inekon. Škoda-Inekon cooperated only on this one design and Inekon dissolved partnership quite a long time ago. Both companies are manufacturing this design on their own now; those made for DC were made by Inekon.

]]> By: Art http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/02/nearly-1-million-for-streetcar-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-524807 Art Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=19384#comment-524807 Wouldn't rail cars have to be stored in a rail yard somewhere? I wonder what kind of premium that's adding to this? Wouldn't rail cars have to be stored in a rail yard somewhere? I wonder what kind of premium that's adding to this?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/02/nearly-1-million-for-streetcar-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-523328 Anonymous Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:17:07 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=19384#comment-523328 Hopefully this will make you feel better - the reason DC bought these when they did is to get a huge discount. They teamed up with the city of Portland, Oregon, so that they could do a bulk purchase and shaved a couple million off of the total price. Now that the project is delayed, it may no longer be cost-effective to have done so, but that was the spirit of the purchase. Or, a couple of WMATA employees got a free trip to europe and had to come back with something to show for it... Hopefully this will make you feel better - the reason DC bought these when they did is to get a huge discount. They teamed up with the city of Portland, Oregon, so that they could do a bulk purchase and shaved a couple million off of the total price. Now that the project is delayed, it may no longer be cost-effective to have done so, but that was the spirit of the purchase.

Or, a couple of WMATA employees got a free trip to europe and had to come back with something to show for it...

]]> By: Mike Licht http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/02/nearly-1-million-for-streetcar-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-517708 Mike Licht Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:51:12 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=19384#comment-517708 Reid: They're probably already in the Trolley Museum, the Muzeum městské hromadné dopravy (Public Transport Museum) in Prague. Reid: They're probably already in the Trolley Museum, the Muzeum městské hromadné dopravy (Public Transport Museum) in Prague.

]]> By: Reid http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/04/02/nearly-1-million-for-streetcar-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-517424 Reid Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=19384#comment-517424 Less sarcastically, couldn't these be stored at the National Trolley Museum? Less sarcastically, couldn't these be stored at the National Trolley Museum?

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