From: heller@deepsoft.com

At Mon, 05 Sep 2016 15:47:47 -0300 Clark F Morris 
wrote:

>
> On Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:14:02 +0000 (UTC), John Levine 
> wrote:
>
> >> snip
> >
> >ObRail: for a truly bad idea, imagine a railcar designed by someone who's
> >previous effort has been on the composite body B787
>
> If composites come down in price, would they be a good idea for rail
> cars?

It would mostly depend on the FRA allowing it.  The FRA has this thing that
passenger rail cars need to be built like a tank, complete with armor plating,
etc. :-)

>
> Clark Morris
>

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