From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >How long have you got and how much money are you willing to pay? These   
   >trains are not a clean sheet new design, they are built on decades of   
   >experience within Alstom of both the TGV and Pendolino platforms.   
      
   Good point.  Anyone remember the Boeing LRVs?  It seems that Boeing   
   figured they were just airplanes with the wings removed and steel   
   wheels added, and they were seriously mistaken.  It took years to   
   address of the maintenance problems, particularly in the snow and   
   slush in Boston. They never got close to the reliability of the PCCs   
   they replaced.   
      
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