(04-10-2024, 02:10 PM)SF22 Wrote:(04-10-2024, 01:37 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Roughly how many train sets would $70M actually get us?
According to Wikipedia, we paid $6.6M per train (I think in 2013). I wouldn't be surprised if it was like $10M per train at this point, and who knows how much in another 5+ years.
The $6.6M per train is based on the total budget including tools and equipment, contingency, etc. I don't think we needed any contingency, as Bombardier was so late they ended up owing us a discount (and a free vehicle). I would also assume much of the tools/equipment doesn't scale linearly with a larger fleet. So the incremental cost of an additional vehicle is probably closer to the vehicle cost + spare part cost, which was $4.8M/vehicle.