United Streetcar is the subsidiary that Oregon Iron Works has formed to construct a prototype domestic streetcar (in partnership with Skoda). Here’s the big press event with a long list of VIPs:

United Streetcar, LLC, a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works, Inc. (OIW), has been selected to produce the nation’s first modern, domestically-produced streetcar. OIW has signed an exclusive technology transfer agreement with a well-known European manufacturer of rail vehicles, Skoda s.r.o. Please join us to celebrate this event.

Friday, January 26, 2007
10:00 AM
Oregon Iron Works, Inc.
9700 SE Lawnfield Road
Clackamas, Oregon
(503) 653-6300

Speakers Confirmed:
Governor Ted Kulongoski
Congressman Peter DeFazio
Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Congresswoman Darlene Hooley
Clackamas County Commissioner Martha Schrader
Portland Mayor Tom Potter
Portland Commissioner Sam Adams
TriMet General Manager Fred Hansen
Portland Streetcar, Inc. Chair Michael Powell