06-25-2017, 10:12 AM
(06-25-2017, 06:52 AM)Canard Wrote:(06-24-2017, 11:16 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Now, to be fair, I fully expect Bombardier to be able to deliver eventually, and if the Alstoms really cost 3 times as much there is something wrong somewhere — it’s a bit much for these vehicles to cost even $4M each, but $12M is just ridiculous — but to date we don’t actually know for certain that Bombardier can deliver a complete, working vehicle, in this market.
But we don't know Alstom can, either. Yeah, they've had a train sort of moving every now and then on their test track, but that's it. It's still missing all sorts of panels, etc. - they're only slightly ahead of Bombardier in that regard.
You’re talking about Ottawa, right? You’re right, of course — unless and until they deliver, we won’t really know. Are they on schedule, however? We know Bombardier is late. Is Alstom just not done yet, as scheduled, or were they supposed to be farther along by now?