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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
The Siemens contract had a very competitive quote from Bombadier. All right it's a Canadian company but it would have expanded its factory here, taken on more British workers and been ready to push for exports from a safe base with years of work already under its belt.( And it would have helped you colonials survive-keep it in the family. )There was some delayed payment fiddle which pushed it to Siemens. The Germans wouldn't have allowed it to happen the other way round.
I read somewhere all the locomotives and rolling stock for HS will be bought from a French company, built in France based on existing French designs. So we've lost that one before we start.
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I was wondering about Bombardier ... they have a facility and test track in Kingston, and I know they are a major international player in transportation. And if they already have a factory in Britain, employing British workers, it probably would have been a better deal. Maybe this is a case in which the cheapest deal is not necessarily the best one in the long run.
Oh, and by the way, out here in the colonies, we are doing just fine.
