Interesting, didn't know about Siemens bid being much closer to the mark. While we can't say that they wouldn't have had problems, I always figured that Bombard

Interesting, didn't know about Siemens bid being much closer to the mark. While we can't say that they wouldn't have had problems, I always figured that Bombardier/Alstom really had botched it, especially with the issue where the carbody was too wide for full-tilt.