One of the new Swiss-made MetroRail cars Credit: photo by Lee Nichols

Transit executives from around the nation took a peek inside Capital Metro’s new diesel-powered commuter rail cars today. The cars, manufactured by the Swiss company Stadler Bussnang AG, are scheduled to begin delivering Capital MetroRail commuters from Leander to Downtown – with several stops along the way – this fall.

Damn, I feel like I live in a real city now!

In next week’s issue we may have some photos by a real professional, Jack Anderson. In the meantime, you’ll have to settle for this amateurish photo gallery from me.

This article appears in March 21 • 2008.

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