Rail Runner rubbish: Taxpayers stuck with $8M price tag

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  • @sirmagnus99
    @sirmagnus99 7 днів тому +37

    Its this just how the government and especially NM operate. Give a big contract to a relative that then disappears with the money. Its a federal state. Embezzlement 101

    • @MilitaryFusion
      @MilitaryFusion 7 днів тому

      ​@@dalegurule9198 now hold on! Just how exactly was the debt "paid"??

    • @sirmagnus99
      @sirmagnus99 7 днів тому +1

      @dalegurule9198 and we still didn't get delivery of the product!! How in the hell do you think its ok because the tax payers paid up and got nothing g in return but out dated tech???

    • @sirmagnus99
      @sirmagnus99 7 днів тому

      @dalegurule9198 did you miss what this whole video was about? 8 million for outdated junk that will never work.

    • @leechjim8023
      @leechjim8023 2 дні тому

      Wasn't there a warrantee on this crap!!?

  • @KenLee-e5y
    @KenLee-e5y День тому +3

    Bet the folks at StarLink have a solution for this at a fraction of the price

  • @brianswift2595
    @brianswift2595 8 днів тому +43

    $8 mil. In taxpayer money. But hey, NM is last in the Nation in child education and health . Great job.

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому +1

      This. Isn't it just the weirdest way that Gov't prioritizes the needs of the people. "WI-FI on a moving object?" spend $8mil, "People are suffering" it was their choice. Such a dystopian way of problem solving. If only there was a person that could evaluate these problems and efficiently solve them...

    • @Crosbie85
      @Crosbie85 4 дні тому +1

      All to go to mansions smh

  • @williamlloyd3769
    @williamlloyd3769 4 дні тому +10

    Wi-Fi on a train is a known technology. Wonder how they botched this installation?

    • @johngreene6783
      @johngreene6783 3 дні тому +1

      Puts a lot of faith in 3rd party and state IT personnel, doesn't it?

  • @virgilhilts3924
    @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому +11

    $8,000,000 to give the handful of riders "free" internet... and it doesn't even work.
    BTW the entire route is covered by cell service with the exception of about 15 seconds when it crosses under I25

  • @ReesesCupsable
    @ReesesCupsable 4 дні тому +10

    They should have hired a Japanese company that specializes in this area. Japan has had Wi-Fi on their railway forever.

    • @wendigo53
      @wendigo53 4 дні тому +3

      We🍁 have wifi on VIA passenger trains - where available. (I think it only works where there is good coverage for cars. So, not all rural areas.)

    • @PatricioGarcia1973
      @PatricioGarcia1973 3 дні тому +2

      does japan rail run thru deserts and up to 7000ft?

    • @leechjim8023
      @leechjim8023 2 дні тому

      ​@@PatricioGarcia1973No, but they run as fast as racing cars!!!😂

  • @xsailor85
    @xsailor85 8 днів тому +29

    “That money could have been spent on a war!”- Lenny from The Simpsons.

  • @uriah6978
    @uriah6978 6 днів тому +8

    Just like the rest of New Mexico, they waste money and are not held accountable. And the citizens are the ones who suffer. The politicians and executives of different departments just spend more money and they keep their jobs. If the citizens don’t vote these politicians out then they get what they get. It’s truly the worst state ever.

  • @ryandavis7593
    @ryandavis7593 5 днів тому +6

    I am not surprised in the least about Wabtec. Installation of event recorders and speedometers on locomotives I found some glaring defects and when I brought it to their attention I got blamed as the installer. Their game is deflecting blame.

    • @chuckgilly
      @chuckgilly 3 дні тому

      It sounded like they said Webtech???? What do I know?

  • @markmalasics3413
    @markmalasics3413 7 днів тому +9

    Not having EVER been a slave to my mobile devices like most tech-addicts, I can't understand why people can't go a whopping 90 minutes without texting and other nonsense on their phones and laptops. Grow up, it's not THAT necessary.

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому +1

      Yeah, people can't be still with themselves. People label themselves as ADHD or whatever the alphabet soup of disfunction they just learned about.

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 5 днів тому +1

      90 minutes?! More like 9 seconds.

    • @rmstitanic89
      @rmstitanic89 5 днів тому

      If you want to do that then go ahead. But if I have work I could be making progress on or if I just want to scroll Fb or listen to my streaming music I fully expect that to be accommodated on a train in 2024. This is not rocket science. They should be able to get working WiFi on this train. 🙄

    • @BillLaBrie
      @BillLaBrie 4 дні тому

      You’re not getting it: why take the train rather than drive?

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      The entire route has 5G cell service with the exception of about 15 seconds where it crosses under I25

  • @KAzik10001
    @KAzik10001 7 днів тому +7

    Just market it as a Social media detox train.

  • @MA-vw1pl
    @MA-vw1pl 6 днів тому +7

    "new Mexico bright-minds"?! A natural contradiction in terms!!

    • @johngreene6783
      @johngreene6783 3 дні тому

      Kind of like you not capitalizing the N in New Mexico. Another bright mind!

    • @MA-vw1pl
      @MA-vw1pl 3 дні тому

      @johngreene6783 blame the phone

    • @johngreene6783
      @johngreene6783 3 дні тому

      @@MA-vw1pl How about blame the typist and the lack of proof reading.

    • @MA-vw1pl
      @MA-vw1pl 3 дні тому

      @johngreene6783 what for? The logic has been xferd

    • @MA-vw1pl
      @MA-vw1pl 3 дні тому

      Do you actually have pride in this one-horse chili republic state?

  • @mauserdave
    @mauserdave 7 днів тому +7

    That company was formed by someone on the inside. Made a single business deal to Railrunner and then folded and closed shop. Using old obsolete tech they bought at a bargain.

  • @willr1401
    @willr1401 7 днів тому +3

    There should not be an apostrophe in the word Taxpayers in your title. Come on KRQE, I expect better from our local news source.

  • @johngreene6783
    @johngreene6783 3 дні тому

    Not surprised at all. Government waste is a very real nightmare.
    If these 3rd party vendors cannot make it work, why is the state not getting our money back. If I paid for something that doesn't work, I return that item and get a refund. Is the state really that stupid? Apparently so!

  • @kukuhpringgo
    @kukuhpringgo 4 години тому

    Damn, even Argo Semeru compartment class has wifi 😂

  • @m.an.4879
    @m.an.4879 7 днів тому +4

    So in the end they install a satellite system that works. Who made the decisions to spend $8M on a ground based system? Not like it was groundbreaking stuff. Poor management decisions.

    • @rmstitanic89
      @rmstitanic89 5 днів тому

      Agreed. Like if there are terrain issues why put in a terrain-based system? Just have satellite Internet for the WiFi access and be done with it. The airlines got this working so there is no excuse for passenger trains to not have this in 2024.

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      The entire Choo-Choo has already cost taxpayers over a billion dollars and is a complete failure...
      So what's another eight million flushed down the toilet 🤣

  • @n.hermann7200
    @n.hermann7200 4 дні тому +1

    It is surprising that Wabtec wasn't able to figure out how to do train wifi of all things. They are a well-known rail equipment company, so Railrunner went with someone that should have known what they were doing.

  • @chuckgilly
    @chuckgilly 3 дні тому +2

    This is a prime example of the Blue State Blues. NM is my home state, and I hang my head in shame.

    • @DarkLink1996
      @DarkLink1996 17 годин тому

      Meanwhile in Republican states, they're trying to push more pollution and more pedos like Trump

  • @JohnMacFergus-oz5cp
    @JohnMacFergus-oz5cp День тому

    How were they convinced to go diesel in the end? Japan, Italy, the UK and France did it. Wi fi?

  • @michaelsmiley15
    @michaelsmiley15 5 днів тому +1

    There are a number of services the the railroad will have to use for the wifi
    That fact the it cost millions of dollars is unacceptable
    This is simple
    Wifi is through either 5g or satellite
    The hardware is not the expensive
    The fact the it took 15 years to figure out the right system to use is ridiculous
    8 million dollars totally unacceptable

  • @johnbrennan9584
    @johnbrennan9584 7 днів тому +1

    Public WIFI is notoriously vulnerable so I'm not sure why this is a priority, but maybe a star-link antenna/ system might work if it's a necessity.

  • @OBSMProductions
    @OBSMProductions 7 днів тому +3

    Such a shame, it could've been put connectivity improvements or increased service. If people can't get 5G, it's only a 2 hour ride who cares.

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому

      Exactly, funds were wasted because people don't want to pay for the hotspot feature from their provider.

    • @rmstitanic89
      @rmstitanic89 5 днів тому

      Because I fully expect a passenger service to have WiFi access in 2024. There is no excuse when airlines got this working with little issue.

  • @mikeywestside8509
    @mikeywestside8509 8 днів тому +2

    Save your receipts

  • @michaelpatrick6485
    @michaelpatrick6485 День тому

    RF ( Radio Frequency ) propagation is a non-trivial technical problem, whether it's via towers, masts, or satellite - it isn't as simple as simply maintaining line of sight, either - terrain in proximity to both the transmitters and receivers reflects, refracts, and all these interfere with each other. Not to mention all the nearby and overhead metal objects along a railroad right of way. Satellite would over-simplistically seem to work, but those rely on the some number of satellites in the constellation visible above the local horizon, which along a rail track in high relief terrain would be constantly shifting as it goes through road cuts, tunnels, alongside cliffs, around curves, etc. My guess is that the contractors were 'flat landers' and never bothered to do an initial RF survey. Or just interviewed local first responders in communities along the route or ham clubs.

  • @JettaCity
    @JettaCity 5 днів тому +2

    Money could have been used towards service expansion

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому +1

      Expansion...? Almost no one uses it... and you want to expand it? 🤣
      I guess they have already flushed over a billion taxpayer dollars down the toilet on the stupid thing, so what's another eight million right?

  • @goldengirl652
    @goldengirl652 7 днів тому +10

    Most people have their cell phone which have access to internet. People in NM are slow to put it nice. The train is for transportation only!!!! NOT Wi-Fi

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому +2

      Right. If the gov't doesn't want to pay my phone bill, why do they want to pay for WI-FI on a moving object? Seems like they prioritize the wrong issues.

    • @rmstitanic89
      @rmstitanic89 5 днів тому

      There is no excuse for passenger trains to not have WiFi access in 2024. This should be part of the service. If air travel made this happen there is zero excuses for trains to not have it.

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      @@rmstitanic89
      The Airlines are a private business, charge for the service, and still manage to make a small profit.
      This stupid Choo-Choo has wasted over a billion taxpayer dollars, almost no one uses it, and it hemorrhages money every day.

  • @ge2623
    @ge2623 5 днів тому +1

    "Rail Runner rubbish" (sic) Same first letter in each word of the headline. Nice.

  • @robertacanderson
    @robertacanderson 7 днів тому +3

    Why don’t hey just say we now use starlink because the others didn’t work?😂

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому +1

      Starlink came into existence in 2019, 10 years after the RR.

  • @welcome_to_the_collapse
    @welcome_to_the_collapse 4 дні тому

    No wonder NM is such a mess. Is anyone actually in charge of this state?

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 3 дні тому

      Leftist clowns run the state... which is why it is such a disaster.

    • @chuckgilly
      @chuckgilly 3 дні тому

      Blue State Brain Dead. The lights are on, but nobody is home.

  • @geneard639
    @geneard639 2 дні тому

    Sadly the answer is complex if you insist on terrestrial installs, but if each car had a satellite antenna similar to commercial aircraft it would work. Sadly that is more $$.

  • @virgilhilts3924
    @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

    We have a property in ABQ, for us to go from there to our favorite restaurant in SF via the RailRunner entails...
    30 minute drive to station
    10 minute walk to station after parking and walking through a sea of vagrants/addicts
    1 hour and 42 minute ride on Choo-Choo
    20 minute walk to restaurant
    For a grand total of 2 hours and 42 minutes
    *Or we could walk into our garage, hop into our car & drive, and be seated at a table in less than an hour*
    😆😅😂🤣
    We could literally drive up, sit and eat dinner, then drive back home in the same amount of time it takes just to get there via Choo-Choo
    Yup... great use of over a BILLION taxpayer dollars

  • @mattdaugherty7865
    @mattdaugherty7865 4 дні тому +6

    Tell us you’re a “blue” state without telling us you’re a “blue” state!

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      Understatement 🤣

    • @johngreene6783
      @johngreene6783 3 дні тому +2

      I get what you're saying, but there are equally inept Red states.

    • @DarkLink1996
      @DarkLink1996 17 годин тому

      ​@@virgilhilts3924Maybe to braindead MAGATs

  • @CaptArgo24
    @CaptArgo24 2 дні тому

    Go transit was able to do it, 4 years ago.
    Same train set

  • @Clay-b1q
    @Clay-b1q 2 дні тому

    Dewey C pocketed About 1.5 Million $$$

  • @EarthScienceGuy
    @EarthScienceGuy 5 днів тому +1

    How is this even a story? They signed a contract with a wifi company, it went out of business, and now they’re looking to replace it. Where’s the story?

  • @hornal1998
    @hornal1998 22 години тому

    Amtrak doesn't have wifi either. I know because I rode the train from ABQ to Portland. Took three days. No wifi.

  • @CJinsoo
    @CJinsoo 5 днів тому

    It’s a product that is not needed. Make the passengers use their cell data, duhh!

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому +1

      The whole train wasn't needed... Which is why almost no one uses it.

  • @richards1191
    @richards1191 6 днів тому +1

    The train was for transportation not for communications. Nothing wrong with no WiFi

    • @rmstitanic89
      @rmstitanic89 5 днів тому +1

      Wrong. If I’m riding a passenger train in 2024 and beyond I fully expect WiFi to be offered. If the airlines can get this figured out then there is no excuse for this metro line.

    • @richards1191
      @richards1191 5 днів тому

      @ I guess that’s your priority. Mine is the train is on time and isn’t losing tax payers money

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      @@rmstitanic89
      Use your cell phone and pay for your own data

  • @petermiller9712
    @petermiller9712 День тому

    Why was it not satellite wi fi/internet?

  • @samreagan6292
    @samreagan6292 7 днів тому

    Maybe we should have the right to repair the things we own

    • @markmalasics3413
      @markmalasics3413 7 днів тому +1

      Right, that will solve THIS issue. SMFH at the stupidity.

  • @garciaandres12
    @garciaandres12 7 днів тому +12

    Just don’t put WI-FI on the train. Problem solved.

    • @jaynecobb1
      @jaynecobb1 7 днів тому

      Yuup.

    • @rmstitanic89
      @rmstitanic89 5 днів тому +3

      Yeah no. Even air travel has working Wifi now. They should’ve looked at Satellite options instead of trackside towers. If planes can get this right the railroad has no excuse.

    • @CJinsoo
      @CJinsoo 5 днів тому +1

      Passengers who want to connect can use their cell data.

    • @jaynecobb1
      @jaynecobb1 5 днів тому

      @@CJinsoo Exactly. They did not need to spend millions.

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      @@rmstitanic89
      Spend your own money if you want internet

  • @Gfysimpletons
    @Gfysimpletons 3 дні тому

    Derelict state

  • @fatdaddy-viii-8672
    @fatdaddy-viii-8672 3 дні тому +1

    So, what wrong with cell phones like the entire rest of the country? Or Musk's StarLink. Both work great but I'm sure democrats 1st concern was how their wn corrupt pockets.

  • @PlanePreacher
    @PlanePreacher 5 днів тому

    So, what is that satellite internet system? SpaceX and Elon Musk… Starlink? Why didn’t you say?

  • @Prolificposter
    @Prolificposter 4 дні тому

    5:39 Why didn’t they go with the satellite system to begin with?

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 3 дні тому

      Why go with anything...?
      The entire route is covered by 5G except for about 15 seconds when it enters a tunnel under the interstate

  • @Crosbie85
    @Crosbie85 4 дні тому

    All to go to mansions smh

  • @wanda7989
    @wanda7989 7 днів тому

    So sad!!

  • @bradhuffjr777
    @bradhuffjr777 8 днів тому +9

    Starlink?

  • @refereeaz204
    @refereeaz204 7 днів тому +2

    Call Elon

    • @johepple5124
      @johepple5124 7 днів тому

      The Princess Lujan would never do a smart thing like that.😂😂

  • @KeithReagan7
    @KeithReagan7 5 днів тому

    Those idiots must have never heard of starlink.😂😂 you don't need towers. Probably would have cost a 5th of that

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      They didn't even need that... The entire route is covered by 5G cell service

  • @kaecake9575
    @kaecake9575 7 днів тому

    Yet, KOB 4 is definitely "on your side."

  • @pshodean
    @pshodean 8 днів тому +7

    Duh... Starlink.....

    • @tvviewer4500
      @tvviewer4500 7 днів тому +2

      You must be very young and have no concept of time or cost

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому +1

      Starlink came into existence in 2019, 10 years after the RR.

    • @pshodean
      @pshodean 5 днів тому

      @@tvviewer4500 @66 I've more than enough of govt waste. you want it done half as fast or less and at three time the cost, have at it.

    • @tvviewer4500
      @tvviewer4500 5 днів тому

      @@pshodean please write real sentences.

  • @jimlincoln2313
    @jimlincoln2313 8 годин тому

    Thanks to Elon

  • @pir8prod
    @pir8prod 7 днів тому +10

    DOGE, where you at?

  • @treehugger1640
    @treehugger1640 7 днів тому +3

    People graduate but they still stupid. VOTE BLUE they say lol FAIL hahahahahahhahahaha

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому

      True, look at waste of space handicap parking takes up, they don't drive, why have the space? Another ridiculous fail are sidewalks and bike lanes, people are fat and lazy, nobody walks anymore unless you poor.

  • @johepple5124
    @johepple5124 7 днів тому

    It’s NM, so no surprise 😂😂

  • @julios19100
    @julios19100 7 днів тому +7

    This is what happens when you let democrats do things!!! Let's vote these idiots out and bring in some maga Republicans in and make NM Great Again!!!! Elon can solve these problems for sure.....smh

    • @dalegurule9198
      @dalegurule9198 7 днів тому

      Maga gonna pick the crops! 😂

    • @OBSMProductions
      @OBSMProductions 7 днів тому

      Elon and the Republicans don't usually like to fund trains.

    • @treehugger1640
      @treehugger1640 7 днів тому

      @@dalegurule9198 Leftist gunna pick crops. With their pointless failed college degree's.

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому

      Exactly, look at the healthcare system, repeal Obamacare and free up the hospitals. Repeal mandatory insurance on vehicles. Give us real freedom from gov't.

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 4 дні тому

      @@OBSMProductions
      They do not fund them... the taxpayer does

  • @StrikeBuster-b2b
    @StrikeBuster-b2b 7 днів тому

    Electronic do-dads.

  • @alro11
    @alro11 7 днів тому

    LOVE the Railrunner❤💛 i got the internet on a trip

  • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
    @centredoorplugsthornton4112 5 днів тому

    Do a story about millions wasted on roads and airports hardly used by anyone. Or if you're bashing rail, go back to 2008, the year Rail Runner began, and trace the beginning of Positive Train Control, federal mandate, railroad cost burden, the railroad equivalent of the first president Bush repeatedly scanning a carton of juice at a grocers convention.

  • @_xXthefearedXx
    @_xXthefearedXx 7 днів тому

    Yeah sounds about right raton built a bike lane for a area where no one uses it and it’s just becoming a eye sore

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому +1

      Exactly, why do we even have sidewalks too? I don't see people walking, look at the tortas. Bike lanes, sidewalks, and other meaningless "what-if's" don't apply to all situations. Why do we even have handicap parking?

    • @_xXthefearedXx
      @_xXthefearedXx 7 днів тому

      @ hey ur stating facts lol 😂

  • @mph6502
    @mph6502 8 днів тому +5

    The whole rail runner has been nothing but a waste of money.

    • @isaacalvarado7656
      @isaacalvarado7656 8 днів тому +5

      You think the rail runner is a waste of money, people actually use it. ART was a real waste.

    • @OBSMProductions
      @OBSMProductions 7 днів тому

      @@isaacalvarado7656 ART provided half a billion dollars worth of development to the city, and increased traffic throughput while making Central more pedestrian friendly. Spending $1 billion on the i-25 interchanges in the city for the next 3 years is a real waste when the whole commuter rail system was a third of that.

    • @dalegurule9198
      @dalegurule9198 7 днів тому +1

      Tell that to the commuters that use it every day.

    • @shabblabbat
      @shabblabbat 7 днів тому +2

      @@dalegurule9198 the question is, does it pay for itself or is it a subsidy for a small section of the population that commutes daily?

    • @dalegurule9198
      @dalegurule9198 7 днів тому

      @shabblabbat The Rail Runner was financed by the federal government, with free yearly maintenance costs. The debt will be payed off in 2025.The Rail Runner was not built for a profit but more as a service to NM citizens, even though it will start building more revenue after the debt is payed off.

  • @virgilhilts3924
    @virgilhilts3924 7 днів тому +4

    Rail Runner... Biggest waste of taxpayer money in state history

  • @propblast82nd
    @propblast82nd 8 днів тому +2

    Sooo Progressive

    • @presidentcamacho
      @presidentcamacho 7 днів тому

      just like the waste of bike lanes and sidewalks, people don't use those to get around, they use their car. Also another progressive thing that is dumb, mandatory insurance on vehicles. Let's keep it conservative and keep gov't out of our lives. If people can't drive to wal-mart, stay home and order doordash.

  • @dfirth224
    @dfirth224 5 днів тому

    State funded trains in California have had wifi for several years now. It's very popular with customers.

  • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
    @Cucumberflavoredmustard 5 днів тому

    Brought to you by the same people who did the El Camino Real Museum, no doubt.

  • @joshuauriarte452
    @joshuauriarte452 7 днів тому

    Amtrak still doesnt have Wifi on a good portion of their trains. Why? Lack of network coverage. If Amtrak is having this issue, The rail runner will also have this issue.

  • @KarlDahlquist
    @KarlDahlquist 4 дні тому

    Funny, people said this would happen. I bet Starlink would work

  • @C25-150
    @C25-150 4 дні тому

    You don’t need Wi-Fi on trains, planes or cars. If you depend on that to survive, you should live in the woods and live with the bare necessities for awhile

    • @DarkLink1996
      @DarkLink1996 17 годин тому

      What about students & workers who want to work on their assignments?

    • @C25-150
      @C25-150 17 годин тому

      @ they can patiently wait to get home or to their place of school or work

    • @DarkLink1996
      @DarkLink1996 17 годин тому

      @C25-150 Not many people have Internet or work a job after school

    • @C25-150
      @C25-150 17 годин тому

      @@DarkLink1996 they can go to the library for internet

    • @DarkLink1996
      @DarkLink1996 17 годин тому

      @C25-150 Not everyone lives close to a Library

  • @YouTubeAccount-hq6oz
    @YouTubeAccount-hq6oz 3 дні тому

    Yet somehow Amtrak does it seamlessly???

    • @virgilhilts3924
      @virgilhilts3924 3 дні тому

      Amtrak is well known for either:
      a) Not having any service in most areas
      b) Having bad/intermittent in the areas it does have coverage