THAT guy Wrote:
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> Scott wrote: "California and 3 midwest states have
> pooled their orders to achieve a quantity (i.e.
> cheaper) per car price".
>
> Yes, we all got that except Empty Pockets. Quotes
> from people thinking like him are why stupid
> people perpetuate errors. Look through history
> wiht EMD, Pullman-Standard, American Car and
> Foundry, ALCo, et. al. You'll read about small
> carriers coming together buying and then dividing
> lots. Anyone who knows about large scale equipment
> purchasing knows the price is far more acceptable
> when others pool thier orders.
>
> And, yes thanks for pointing out the grossly
> misleading high speed jack-off. These are
> conventional cars, built right here in America by
> your fellow Americans, for use on American common
> carriers to move Americans around our great
> American countryside. They will be fully
> consist-compatible with any high-level equipment
> in use by Amtrak.
>
> Do you get my point?

Actually, no, I don't get your point. I assume you are saying that volume purchase equals a lower cost per car. Which is fine except that the citizens of Illinois were not informed of this deal. At some point, theoretically, we have a right, as citizens of the State of Illinois. to know where the state government is spending our money. The fact that the state of Illinois is clubbing together with the state of California to buy a few passenger cars, without our knowledge, is just not going to get it.
Having said that, it is my understanding that the engineering developed by Pullman-Standard exists in files somewhere in south suburban Chicago, so why are you looking to the Japanese for a solution to rail transit when the answer exists here in the US?