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Dec 09, 2008

Metro Tests New Wool Seat Covers

It feels like another end of an era for Metrorail: WMATA put out a press release today announcing that it is testing new wool fabric seat covers for use in its next order of rail cars. The change comes after over 30 years of naugahyde seat covers, which came exclusively in brown and orange up until 2001, when Metro first introduced blue, sand and burgundy colors as well. “The new fabric is what we will…

 
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