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11. Not underhandedly

Reply to notadmblnd (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 07:25 PM

Mar 2016

They gave DSR such a good deal on buses (Ford, Mack, Twin Coach) in the 50s and the streetcar system was suffering from 40 years of deferred maintenance that the most cost-effective course of action was to replace the streetcars with motor buses. Detroit had a very good bus system for a while, but the kleptocracy that ran the city in the 70s and 80s ran the bus system into the ground.

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Chicago Hands China $1.3 Billion Order for New Urban Train Cars [View all] notadmblnd Mar 2016 OP

This is a disgrace...that money and many jobs could be kept here in the U.S. Human101948 Mar 2016 #1

Don't blame US companies for this one 1939 Mar 2016 #2

Really? Throd Mar 2016 #3

You do understand that Siemens is a German firm, right? n/t A HERETIC I AM Mar 2016 #5

Are they hiring Germans or Sacramentans? Throd Mar 2016 #6

I made the comment because of the context of the previous post. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2016 #7

I'm in Sacramento. We can use the work. Throd Mar 2016 #8

I'm sure you do and it's great that the plant is operating. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2016 #9

I posted this without comment notadmblnd Mar 2016 #4

And L.A. KamaAina Mar 2016 #10

Not underhandedly 1939 Mar 2016 #11

Between 1938 and 1950, National City Lines and its subsidiaries, notadmblnd Mar 2016 #12

National City Lines was buying up privately owned transit lines 1939 Mar 2016 #13

I seem to remember a street car on Jefferson in the early to mid 70's notadmblnd Mar 2016 #14

It actually began operation in 1976 1939 Mar 2016 #15

According to GM's own files, notadmblnd Mar 2016 #16