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   John Levine to Peter T. Daniels   
   Re: now it's SF's turn to make NYC trans   
   11 Jan 20 18:35:52   
   
   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   In article <7ec3e81a-79a6-4a6e-afd9-9c8885e6c893@googlegroups.com>,   
   Peter T. Daniels  wrote:   
   >> Nobody else builds train cars in NY State.  These are built in Plattsburgh.   
   >   
   >Since when is that a consideration? I thought they're Canadian, and the name   
   >is pronounced as French.   
      
   Most passenger rail cars are bought by government agencies who care   
   where the jobs are.  Bombardier is indeed headquartered in Montreal,   
   but they have assembly plants all over the place.  For example, they   
   build cars in Derby, England, for the UK market.   
      
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