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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff Mayo: [QB] One wonders whether much analysis has been done on the efficiencies of operation - and I don't mean how many pickles you get on your burger. Take Metro-North's operations out of Grand Central, for example: just under 50 departures from 5pm to 6pm from 44 platforms. Compare to London Waterloo which has over 50 departures in the same time frame, but from just 19 platforms. Chicago is famous for its double slip pointwork - mostly eliminated elsewhere in the world due to its exorbitantly high maintenance cost compared to simple switches (and it's not like Chicago is short of space for simpler pointwork). I also hear that a west coast operator's custom PTC version (incompatible with other PTCs, of course) is struggling to work. Seems even the likes of GE, Safetran, et al can't re-invent something umpteen times over without actually getting [b]worse[/b] at doing the job! Of course, these problems and "new" re-inventions have to be paid by somebody: ultimately the US taxpayer, whether directly or indirectly. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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