This is also my argument for why, ultimately, I don't want to move to Japan--I want good railways HERE, in New England, by New Englanders.https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/918199912864583680 …
Much as I'm glad for the new MBTA fleet, CRRC still had to make the first 6 in China before building any here:http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2017/10/10/mbta-orange-line-trains-china/ …
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A few hundred (?) employees at the CRRC factory will get decent jobs out of this deal--how many will be able to start a similar factory tho?
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How much closer does this get Massachusetts to being able to manufacture and sell trains of its own?
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