United Streetcar facility goes into 'hibernation'

摘要

After delivering 18 trams from its Oregon factory, but with no further orders, the United Streetcar plant in Clackamas was put into "hibernation" on 5 December with workers and facilities transferred to the parent Oregon Iron Works, now itself a division of Vigor Industrial. Formed in 2005, United Streetcar was held up as a model of the "Buy American" initiative championed by the Obama Administration, but has struggled to win orders, encountered setbacks in deliveries and faced stiff competition from both domestic and overseas manufacturers.