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1. IsraelDelendaEst (israeldelendaest@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Aug-2023 07:26:30 JST IsraelDelendaEst

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   @Paultron @IAMAL_PHARIUS 120 year old infrastructure was built to last forever, they did not fuck around cutting corners.
   Problem is maintenance doesn't turn a profit, and the line must go up.
   Take the Forth Bridge for instance. It had a maintenance schedule that worked just fine, then somebody decided they could save money...
   >The bridge was costing British Rail £1 million a year to maintain (in 1995), and they announced that the schedule of painting would be interrupted to save money, and the following year, upon privatisation, Railtrack took over.[100] A £40 million package of works commenced in 1998, and in 2002 the responsibility of the bridge was passed to Network Rail.[100]
   
   Work started in 2002 to repaint the bridge fully for the first time in its history, in a £130 million contract awarded to Balfour Beatty.