In misc.transport.rail.europe Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote:
That Greece /got/ a lot, is out of question. Like those Hellas-Sprinter
locomotives on the yard tracks, which were bought for several millions
per piece, and never saw any service in the last 10 years, for lack of
ability to complete the electrification.

So it makes more sense to ask about /results/.

Indeed, there are plenty of other examples, and yet more happening today in
the name of 'austerity'... just look at the pictures of trashed new stock
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http://www.amnizia.com/site/index.ph...71&It emid=73

In terms of bang per buck it's probably fairly dire. But merely listing the
number of bangs is instructive in realising the amount that /was/ achieved
(and the EU mostly paid for).

Theo