>anyone other than Bombardier who makes tram/underground vehicles these days? See this link [1] for a summary of the current situation (start about halfway dow

>anyone other than Bombardier who makes tram/underground vehicles these days? See this link [1] for a summary of the current situation (start about halfway down). It doesn't look great. Nippon/Sharyo is going to be at a disadvantage in bidding because their Amtrak contracts with California and Illinois were cancelled due to the prototype cars failing safety tests. It looks like Siemens will play a part in the replacement for those, which perhaps may convince them to try out transit cars in the USA. Competition would be good. What we have now is CRRC Sifang America (a Chinese state-owned company) has built a factory in Illinois and has orders from Chicago and Boston. The first prototypes are expected this year. We will see if they can deliver. [1] http://www.chicago-l.org/trains/roster/7000.html http://www.chicago-l.org/trains/roster/7000.html