Rail News Home Mechanical 2/21/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Sound Transit proposes car maintenance facility, multimodal access funds Sound Transit has identified six potential sites in south King County, Washington, for a new operations and maintenance facility (OMF) that would accommodate light-rail expansion in the Puget Sound area.The agency is seeking public input on the possible…
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Rail News Home Mechanical 2/21/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Metra begins replacing aging fleet with $71 million purchase contract Metra's board announced yesterday it approved a $70.9 million contract to purchase 15 remanufactured locomotives. The contract with Progress Rail locomotives calls for reconfiguring the EMD SD70MAC freight locomotives for passenger use, and refurbish or upgrade all…