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The yards/shops are located adjacent to the Wilsonville station. The trains are Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU), built by Colorado Railcar. The builder went out of business before WES opened. There are 3 power cars an 1 trailer. All 3 power cars are required to meet the schedule. Trains pass at Tigard station, and just north of Wilsonville station. The trailer is attached to one of the 3 trains running in service. In November 2009, Trimet purchased 2 RDC' from Alaska as backup cars. They should be ready for operation in late Spring 2009.
Engineers and conductors are provided by P&W Railroad under contract to Trimet. Conductors do NOT collect fares, but may spot check tickets.
Car
sitting in the yard soon after delivery (6/20/08)
Looking
towards the shops (6/20/08)
The
operators cab of the DMU (1/28/09)
The
operators cab of the DMU (1/28/09)
Car
interior, note the bike hook (2/2/09)
Car
interior on first day of service, 2nd departure from Wilsonville (5:49am).
Train got busier at Tualatin and Tigard, this was also a 2-car train.
(2/2/09)
2
car train at the yards (2/7/09)
Yards
with shops behind (2/7/09)
2
RDC's newly arrived from Alaska. Tri-met purchased these cars for
back-up for the current fleet, as scheduled service required 100%
availability. The RDC's are expected in operation by late Spring 2010
(11/25/09)
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