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    Via Rail has received $516 million in capital funding recently. It should correct the problem of trains being late due to equipment breakdown and malfunction. Which engines are causing 70% of the problems?

    Question #88246. Asked by pmac41. (Nov 08 07 4:37 AM)


    zbeckabee

    		Shortly after this announcement was made, documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act revealed that delays due to equipment failures had risen by 60% since the previous year. The company attributed this to problems with the aging F40 locomotive fleet.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Rail#Increasing_problems_and_reinstated_funding

    Nov 08 07, 8:47 AM

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