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WES Financial Woes
In the Open Thread comments, Erik quotes from this Oregonian article about cost overruns and the messy financial entanglements between TriMet and Colorado Railcar. There’s a lot of details and history in the article — give it a read and discuss it here. Westside Express deal cost TriMet millions
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Updated: Rail/Road Math
Update, 10/22/08 OK, I admit that the framing of my question was very local-centric without considering the full path of a freight trip. But a reader passed along an interesting article that suggests that this can still be successfully managed in a sleepy little rail town called Chicago. Original Post, 10/20/08: Jim Young, chair of…
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WES: Fall opening falls behind.
TriMet has delayed the opening of WES until February 2nd, primarily due to problems with the railcar vendor. From the press release: TriMet purchased three self-propelled Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) cars and one trailer from Colorado Railcar Manufacturing (CRM). TriMet contracted with CRM, the only U.S. firm that builds DMUs that meets federal safety standards…
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Cornelius-Forest Grove commuter rail?
Apparently the Portland and Western is up for it. Forest Grove Mayor Richard Kidd has had a long-term interest in getting rail transit in some form to his community.
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Yamhill County Rail study focuses on 3 options
Plans for linking Portland to Yamhill County by rail will likely fall short of Spirit Mountain and even perhaps McMinnville. The study currently underway by Portland-based IBI Group suggests that the line may go no further than Newberg due to low ridership estimates. Randy Knapick of IBI Group said three options are getting a serious…