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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Streetcars made in (Sacramento) U.S.A.

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10272060/siemens-to-build-streetcars-for-atlanta

Looks like Portland's hometown baby is striking out, while Sacramento based Siemens Transportation Systems (a subsidiary of the German company Siemens) wins a "streetcar" order.

We could have converted the Freightliner factory into a bus factory and re-employed hundreds and hundreds of workers, but instead we are pouring money into an increasingly empty building in Clackamas to employ 65.  The price of being "green"...

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