[PRCo] Re: StreetCar TrolleyCar

[Boris Cefer]

Actually, the Trio cars were built by the main shops of Ostrava streetcars. 
Inekon is responsive only for design. I watched it all!

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Holland" <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com>
To: "- 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -" <pittsburgh-railways at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 9:50 AM
Subject: [PRCo] StreetCar TrolleyCar


> Portland City Council has committed $27 million toward the $147 million
> cost of an eastward extension of Portland Streetcar according to a story
> in The Oregonian. Approximately half of the needed capital cost would
> come from federal funding. TriMet will submit a grant request on behalf
> of the streetcar system.  Service could start in February 2011:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2obrfv
>
> Portland Streetcar now operates a mixed fleet of Czech-built modern
> streetcars: the original group is comprised of Skoda's Astra design. The
> latest come from Inekon, which supplied Trio streetcars Nos. 008-010 to
> Portland. The first in-service photos on the Web now are posted although
> the caption mislabeled the Inekon car as an Astra:
>
> http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?73047
>
> http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?73048
>
> The car body differences between the two designs are a bit subtle.
> However, the Inekon Trio is a double-ended streetcar.
>
>
> -- 
> *Jim Holland*