Ohio is surrounded!!! These are new passenger rail manufacturing and research facilities creating thoustands of jobs -- in surrounding states -- because those states have made and/or are making investments in rail. Private investment follows public capital. Always has. Always will. KJP
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ILLINOIS
Illinois provides $12 million for new Nippon Sharyo rail-car plant
Yesterday, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced a $12 million state business investment package for Nippon Sharyo U.S.A. Inc. to help support the company's $35 million investment to establish a rail-car manufacturing facility in Rochelle, Ill.
The rail-car builder plans to construct a 4,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and relocate its U.S. headquarters to Rochelle from Arlington Heights, Ill. The new facility will enable Nippon Sharyo to meet the Federal Railroad Administration's Buy America requirements and compete for contracts to assemble high-speed rail cars.
Full story at: http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=24825
The rail-car builder plans to construct a 4,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and relocate its U.S. headquarters to Rochelle from Arlington Heights, Ill. The new facility will enable Nippon Sharyo to meet the Federal Railroad Administration's Buy America requirements and compete for contracts to assemble high-speed rail cars.
Full story at: http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=24825
INDIANA
Hundreds of jobs coming to Muncie
Progress Rail Services announced Friday that it will create 650 jobs in the former ABB plant on Muncie's southwest side.
By KEITH ROYSDON
kroysdon@muncie.gannett.com
MUNCIE -- Come next year, hundreds of Delaware County residents could be working on the railroad.
State and local officials gathered Friday to announce that an Alabama-based company and subsidiary of Caterpillar will manufacture railroad locomotive engines on the city's southwest side -- with a workforce of 650 by 2012.
In the shadow of the landmark former Westinghouse/ABB facility on Cowan Road, Gov. Mitch Daniels and other local officials announced that Progress Rail Services will occupy the huge former power transformer plant.
Full story at: http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201010300332
Progress Rail Services announced Friday that it will create 650 jobs in the former ABB plant on Muncie's southwest side.
By KEITH ROYSDON
kroysdon@muncie.gannett.com
MUNCIE -- Come next year, hundreds of Delaware County residents could be working on the railroad.
State and local officials gathered Friday to announce that an Alabama-based company and subsidiary of Caterpillar will manufacture railroad locomotive engines on the city's southwest side -- with a workforce of 650 by 2012.
In the shadow of the landmark former Westinghouse/ABB facility on Cowan Road, Gov. Mitch Daniels and other local officials announced that Progress Rail Services will occupy the huge former power transformer plant.
Full story at: http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201010300332
NEW YORK
Amtrak buying 130 new passenger rail cars
To support long-distance train service
$298.1 million contract creates 575 jobs in Elmira, N.Y.
$298.1 million contract creates 575 jobs in Elmira, N.Y.
WASHINGTON – Amtrak is implementing the first step in a long-term, comprehensive fleet renewal plan with the purchase of 130 new single-level rail cars to support its long-distance train services. The five-year, $298.1 million contract is being awarded to CAF USA which is creating 575 jobs to perform manufacturing and final assembly work at its plant in Elmira, N.Y. The first car is scheduled to roll off the assembly line in October 2012.
"This major equipment purchase demonstrates our strong belief in the future of intercity passenger rail in America and Amtrak's leading role in meeting this critical national transportation need," said President and CEO Joseph Boardman.
The first year of the five-year contract will be paid for with $29.8 million from Amtrak's current revenues which are running above budget estimates due, in part, to ridership that is on a record-breaking pace. Amtrak will seek to fund subsequent years of the contract with other sources such as loans or direct Congressional appropriations.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Bombardier partners with Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University and Bombardier Corp. are founding partners in a plan to open a $2.2 million research center this fall known as the Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator (PSII), to study critical technology areas in a search "more efficient and sustainable civil infrastructure and transit operations."
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a providing a "significant" economic development grant for the project.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/bombardier-carnegie-mellon-team-up-on-research-center.html
Carnegie Mellon University and Bombardier Corp. are founding partners in a plan to open a $2.2 million research center this fall known as the Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator (PSII), to study critical technology areas in a search "more efficient and sustainable civil infrastructure and transit operations."
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a providing a "significant" economic development grant for the project.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/bombardier-carnegie-mellon-team-up-on-research-center.html
WISCONSIN
Spanish train maker picks Milwaukee for plant site
By Dinesh Ramde
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Spanish train company that agreed to build an assembly plant in Wisconsin said Tuesday it has chosen a site in Milwaukee, creating about 125 new jobs in the city.
Talgo Inc. chose Milwaukee over other options in Appleton, Janesville and Racine because of the city's access to a harbor and local rail station, the availability of skilled workers and the reasonable cost of living, said Antonio Perez, the company's chief executive.
The new facility will be on the site of a former Tower Automotive plant. Perez said it has enough room to accommodate train sets of 14 rail cars and also allows room for expansion as more orders roll in.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WI_TALGO_TRAINS?SITE=AZTUS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
By Dinesh Ramde
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Spanish train company that agreed to build an assembly plant in Wisconsin said Tuesday it has chosen a site in Milwaukee, creating about 125 new jobs in the city.
Talgo Inc. chose Milwaukee over other options in Appleton, Janesville and Racine because of the city's access to a harbor and local rail station, the availability of skilled workers and the reasonable cost of living, said Antonio Perez, the company's chief executive.
The new facility will be on the site of a former Tower Automotive plant. Perez said it has enough room to accommodate train sets of 14 rail cars and also allows room for expansion as more orders roll in.
READ MORE AT:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WI_TALGO_TRAINS?SITE=AZTUS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
