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Re: Nippon Sharyo pulling out of USA- Why?
Author: Dr Zarkoff
Date: 08-12-2018 - 12:20
> Lack of a sufficient and sustainable US market for passenger rail vehicles has been a huge problem in attracting and maintaining rail passenger and transit equipment manufacture in the US.
Carbuilding in the US has always suffered boom and bust cycles. The old-time business model (St. Louis Car Co. for example), learned to survive in the face of this. Others, Niles Car Co, McGuire-Cummings, Kuhlman, Brill, did not. When a market shows downturn, today's MBA's fold up their tents and leave. Thank the Whiz-Kids for this turn of events. When the N-S bi-level cab cars failed the crumple zone tests, N-S announced it's intention to get out of the business. However, they committed to completing a bi-level coach order which was already underway. Thus, this is sort of old news.
> welds done by friction stir methods... aerospace stuff unheard of in US rail cars
EMD has been using friction welding to mate engine valve heads to valve stems for at least four decades.
Carbuilding in the US has always suffered boom and bust cycles. The old-time business model (St. Louis Car Co. for example), learned to survive in the face of this. Others, Niles Car Co, McGuire-Cummings, Kuhlman, Brill, did not. When a market shows downturn, today's MBA's fold up their tents and leave. Thank the Whiz-Kids for this turn of events. When the N-S bi-level cab cars failed the crumple zone tests, N-S announced it's intention to get out of the business. However, they committed to completing a bi-level coach order which was already underway. Thus, this is sort of old news.
> welds done by friction stir methods... aerospace stuff unheard of in US rail cars
EMD has been using friction welding to mate engine valve heads to valve stems for at least four decades.
