[PRCo] Re: METRORAIL DISASTER

[Herb Brannon]

General inspections and light repair work is done at the Central Rail Shops
by GCRTA personnel. However, all heavy repair work and (intensive)
inspections are done at the GCRTA Brookpark Shop by contracted personnel. I
don't have the contractors name in mind right now, but they not only work
out of the RTA Brookpark Shop, they also lease the building from RTA. Thus,
the contractor has taken the place of RTA.
In the bus operations the tires are contracted to Goodyear Tire & Rubber.
Their personnel work in the bus garages and the Central Bus Repair Facility
but they are paid by and supervised by Goodyear. Batteries are another
thing, that aspect of maintenance is farmed out to Interstate Batteries.
Again they work in the RTA shops but not for RTA. Also, destination signs
(bus), transmissions (bus), and even the Marketing Department are all
contracted out. Oddly enough RTA still has its own Print Shop and Sign Shop.
In fact the sign shop, apparently having a "slow" week, made up several
Cleveland Railway and Cleveland Transit System bus and car stop sign
replicas. I'm trying get one. Yes, today much is contracted out.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

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> But I suspect prior to about 1965, Cleveland Transit probably paid
> all expenses out of the farebox including all maintenance.   Today
> they probably have shifted a lot of maintenance to capital by bidding
> out a lot of overhaul work to private corporations.   Am I correct,
> Herb?   If I'm not, they're different than most companies.
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Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast