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Vince Beatty

Aug 12, 2026

10:14
How hard is it to keep those 40-year-old light rail vehicles rolling? It's very hard.
10:20
So the difficulty that we experience the most is parts availability.
10:28
There are none.
10:31
So throughout the years, we've, SACRT has had to manufacture their own parts.
10:40
We've done a lot of Cutting corners, so to speak, as in fabricating.
10:51
That's the word I want to use.
10:52
Fabricating parts to keep the old Siemens U2s running.
14:36
What's next for Sacramento's light rail system? Where would you like to see it go next? Well,

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