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CHICAGO — The next generation of Siemens light rail equipment could be substantially more, well, substantial than its precedessors. Siemens is preparing for the successor to its S700 light rail vehicle, the three-unit articulated trainset operating in Houston; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Portland, Ore.; Seattle; Sacramento, Calif.; and elsewhere. And one significant difference could be much longer [...]Read More...