Originally Posted by
mikeef
Don't know about ATL, but it won't do much good in Boston. We have issues with the T that are greater than the individuals alone. The debt load is crushing and the trains badly need to be replaced. It gets the job done, but not much more than that.
Mike
They've replaced most of the commuter rail locomotives in the past few years, but the new ones are having their own issues. Even when they try to replace things, they seem to run into issues (the newer Green Line cars couldn't even be used on the D line for years, and broke down over 20 times as frequently as the contract specified for MTBF upon entry to service). Honestly the agency is a disaster.