Rumor New Monorails Coming Soon?

Monorail_Orange

Monorail_Orange

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Rteetz said:
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Anyone know whether or not this would include "monorails"? The article really only talks about the "Rail Division" business unit of Bombardier Transportation. I'm reading between the lines, but that tells me Alstrom is not buying ALL of Bombardier Transportation. So, that begs the question, what exactly entails the "Rails Division" - strictly the commuter rail/light rail stuff pictured? Most of that equipment would be fairly different from monorails, for obvious reasons.
 
Robbiem

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Monorail_Orange said:
Anyone know whether or not this would include "monorails"? The article really only talks about the "Rail Division" business unit of Bombardier Transportation. I'm reading between the lines, but that tells me Alstrom is not buying ALL of Bombardier Transportation. So, that begs the question, what exactly entails the "Rails Division" - strictly the commuter rail/light rail stuff pictured? Most of that equipment would be fairly different from monorails, for obvious reasons.
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I suspect rail would include monorails as well, I wouldn’t think the monorail market would be worth much on its own. I do wonder too what would be left if bombardier are selling their train and their commercial plane divisions they wont have much left
 
FigmentFan82

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Monorail_Orange said:
Anyone know whether or not this would include "monorails"? The article really only talks about the "Rail Division" business unit of Bombardier Transportation. I'm reading between the lines, but that tells me Alstrom is not buying ALL of Bombardier Transportation. So, that begs the question, what exactly entails the "Rails Division" - strictly the commuter rail/light rail stuff pictured? Most of that equipment would be fairly different from monorails, for obvious reasons.
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Mono-RAIL
 
Monorail_Orange

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FigmentFan82 said:
Mono-RAIL
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Thanks, Captain Obvious. Now check under the hood...and as I mentioned before "rail equipment" is quite different in construction, material, design, requirements, and behavior. ALWEG was not a company that evolved from traditional rail. It is very possible the monorail business unit is not part of the "rail" unit. This is why I was asking if anyone KNOWS.
 
FigmentFan82

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Monorail_Orange said:
Thanks, Captain Obvious. Now check under the hood...and as I mentioned before "rail equipment" is quite different in construction, material, design, requirements, and behavior. ALWEG was not a company that evolved from traditional rail. It is very possible the monorail business unit is not part of the "rail" unit. This is why I was asking if anyone KNOWS.
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I like that much better, "Mono-May not be part of the traditional rail BU-Rail"
 
Kman

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Robbiem said:
I suspect rail would include monorails as well, I wouldn’t think the monorail market would be worth much on its own. I do wonder too what would be left if bombardier are selling their train and their commercial plane divisions they wont have much left
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They will be concentrating on private jets. This week they also sold off their airline division to Airbus. Bombardier is a freaking disaster. As of this week the Quebec provincial government has a 25% stake. Nothing says success like a government in a free market business. The bailout have been going on for years. Pathetic company
 
wiredforflight

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Kman said:
They will be concentrating on private jets. This week they also sold off their airline division to Airbus. Bombardier is a freaking disaster. As of this week the Quebec provincial government has a 25% stake. Nothing says success like a government in a free market business. The bailout have been going on for years. Pathetic company
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Word is they are shopping the private jet side around too. Textron is the most likely buyer from what the word on the street is.
 
Robbiem

Robbiem

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Kman said:
They will be concentrating on private jets. This week they also sold off their airline division to Airbus. Bombardier is a freaking disaster. As of this week the Quebec provincial government has a 25% stake. Nothing says success like a government in a free market business. The bailout have been going on for years. Pathetic company
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wiredforflight said:
Word is they are shopping the private jet side around too. Textron is the most likely buyer from what the word on the street is.
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wow doesn’t look like there will much left at all! If Bombardier or whoever ends up with the rights closes down the monorail division does Disney have any residual design rights from WED transportation? If not replacing the monorails may get very expensive!
 
Monorail_Orange

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Robbiem said:
wow doesn’t look like there will much left at all! If Bombardier or whoever ends up with the rights closes down the monorail division does Disney have any residual design rights from WED transportation? If not replacing the monorails may get very expensive!
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I'd be willing to bet Disney was shrewd enough to retain all the IP rights they need to maintain, update, and/or replace the Mark VI monorails. Remember at one point, the ALWEG company called Walt and told him to stop with the DL monorail because their own train "didn't work." The story is Walt replied, "Well come over here, because ours works!"
 
networkpro

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Monorail_Orange said:
Thanks, Captain Obvious. Now check under the hood...and as I mentioned before "rail equipment" is quite different in construction, material, design, requirements, and behavior. ALWEG was not a company that evolved from traditional rail. It is very possible the monorail business unit is not part of the "rail" unit. This is why I was asking if anyone KNOWS.
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According to this article from Reuters, the monorail product lines are part of the rail division.

www.reuters.com

Bombardier-led consortium wins $4.5 billion monorail contract in Egypt

A consortium led by Bombardier Inc said on Monday it had won a contract to build and operate two monorail lines in Egypt for more than $4.5 billion.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
 
Monorail_Orange

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corran horn

corran horn

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esskay

esskay

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Meh, looks like the standard door issue they've been battling for years.

Not a whole lot they can do about this one, maintenance can't fix a fundimental flaw in the design.
 

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