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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 30 July 2014 - 04:22 PM

USDOT "Fast Lane:"

This afternoon in the DOT Fast Lane, read about the 1-2 punch of more jobs, better rail service
Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 07/30/2014 05:06 PM EDT



Earlier today, I had the pleasure of joining Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn and several other dignitaries at a ribbon cutting ceremony for Shop #3 at the Nippon Sharyo plant in Rochelle, IL. As the name indicates, this is the third expansion at this plant since 2012. Very soon, workers will start building 130 new, next-generation rail cars for California and the Midwest that are funded through our High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail program.

Not that long ago, Shop #3, as well as Shops #1 and #2, were empty fields. Now, because of the Obama Administration’s investments in passenger rail, our Buy America program, and the hard work of so many, I was able to spend the day touring a state-of-the-art U.S. railcar manufacturing plant. What’s more, we’re rejuvenating a manufacturing industry that had gone fallow. New skilled workers are arriving, equipment and material being delivered, high-tech machines whirring and in the near future…shiny new rail cars will be rolling out the door.

It’s exciting for Rochelle, important for Illinois and historic for the Nation...

You can read more on our Fast Lane blog.

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Posted 30 July 2014 - 08:08 PM

AP via Crain's Chicago Business, 7/30:

Japanese firm Nippon Sharyo expands Illinois rail car plant

(AP) — A Japanese rail car manufacturer is expanding its plant in north-central Illinois, adding 90 jobs.

Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday attended the opening of the new $100 million Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing LLC facility in Rochelle. The company has a passenger rail car production facility in the Ogle County city.

The company already has about 400 employees at the site. The 90 manufacturing jobs will be created when the new portion of the facility is in full production.

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