BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has removed its new Orange Line transit railcars from service while engineers investigate an “uncommon noise” coming from beneath the cars.
MBTA spokeswoman Lisa Battison told Streetsblog Massachusetts in an email that the cars were removed from service “with safety as a top priority and out of an abundance of caution … to investiage the issue, any potential impacts, and deploy a fix, if needed.”
The blog sites data from the newtrains.today website, which tracks new MBTA equipment, as showing the cars have not been in service since Nov. 18, the day the last car of a new trainset derailed in the MBTA’s yard in Medford, Mass.
The first cars from the 152-car order, being built by Chinese manufacturer CRRC at its CRRC MA affiliate in Springfield, Mass., entered service in August. The cars have been pulled from service once before, to fix an issue with doors opening while trains were in motion.
The order is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2021.
I agree with you Dennis. But, there is a small problem. It’s getting harder to find clothes made in the US of A. My wife and I are finding it also hard to buy Greeting Cards that aren’t made in China. Walmart and dollar stores are known for having Chinese products. We used to make fine products, but not anymore. This is a sad situation we find ourselves in.
Truer words were never spoken.
CRRC has bid less than any other vendor for many contracts. Years ago a businessman said to a friend, “You buy cheap, you get cheap;.”
In Hawaii, more and more processed/canned food products are being imported from China….unfortunately.
At the Kahului (Maui) airport, the airport authority recently commissioned a tram system connecting the airport with the car rental offices using a tram built in China…..just several months into service the tram rattles, squeaks and bounces around like a Disney ride…..during the testing phase it couldn’t even climb the grade without passengers or luggage…..this is the kind of garbage we need to get used to…..
Well said, Charles.
ROBERT ASH – Chinese merchandise? How about what we all buy at Walmart or Best Buy. Like the computers or smart phones we use to post these comments …..
Makes me mad that public money was spent on Chines equipment.
I have to agree with Robert. I detest the poor quality of anything that comes out of China. Not to mention the import/export imbalance with a country that wants to beat us financially and steal our technology. One question. Would you eat Chinese produced food?