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WES Financial Woes

By Bob Richardson on December 14, 2008 in Commuter Rail

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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