Training day (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)

Published: May 20, 2012
Tags: Harnack, high-speed rail, Rail, Talgo

A young boy watches out the window of a rail car during an open house Sunday at Talgo’s Milwaukee facility.

State cancels Talgo maintenance contract

Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: Amtrak, high-speed rail, Nora Friend, Rail, Talgo

The state has canceled a $166 million maintenance contract with Talgo, causing the Spanish train manufacturer to threaten legal action.

Editorial cartoon

Published: March 16, 2012
Tags: Alberta Darling, Antonio Perez, cartoon, Joint Finance Committee, Jon Richards, Lena Taylor, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Robin Vos, Talgo, train, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Lawmakers kill Milwaukee train shop project (UPDATE) 

Published: March 14, 2012
Tags: Alberta Darling, Antonio Perez, Joint Finance Committee, Jon Richards, Lena Taylor, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Robin Vos, Talgo, train, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

The state’s Joint Finance Committee on Wednesday rejected a motion to build a Milwaukee train shop, a move Democrats say clears the way for a lawsuit from a Spanish train manufacturer.

Talgo: ‘Costly consequences’ loom if maintenance shop isn’t built (UPDATE) 

Published: March 12, 2012
Tags: Rail, Robin Vos, Talgo, WisDOT

Wisconsin should brace itself for a lawsuit from Talgo Inc. if a state budget committee refuses to build a train maintenance building in Milwaukee, said state Rep. Robin Vos, co-chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee.

WisDOT pushing for train maintenance building in Milwaukee (UPDATE) 

Published: March 9, 2012
Tags: Amtrak, DOA, Intermodal Station, John Oimoen, Joint Finance Committee, Marc Magliari, Mark Gottlieb, Mike Huebsch, Rail, Talgo, train sets, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will seek $2.5 million for the final design of a Milwaukee train maintenance building rather than using an Illinois station for the service.

Talgo concerned state is riding the brakes on maintenance building 

Published: December 8, 2011
Tags: Amtrak, Antonio Perez, Hiawatha Line, high-speed rail, Marc Magliari, Rail, Robin Vos, Scott Walker, Talgo, WisDOT

The possibility the state could back off constructing a Milwaukee maintenance building for two Talgo Inc. trains surprised the president and CEO of the company.

Lawmakers want site study on train facility 

Published: December 7, 2011
Tags: Amtrak, Hiawatha Line, high-speed rail, maintenance facility, Rail, Scott Walker, Talgo, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Republicans on the state’s budget committee want to study whether a maintenance building for new trains bought in 2009 should be built in Milwaukee or whether they should be maintained out of state.

WisDOT seeks money for train building 

Published: December 1, 2011
Tags: Amtrak, Canadian Pacific Railroad, Hiawatha Line, high-speed rail, John Oimoen, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Milwaukee Intermodal Station, Rail, Scott Walker, Talgo, Tower Automotive, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The state Department of Transportation will request $5 million from legislators next week to start preliminary engineering and design for a passenger rail car maintenance building near the Milwaukee Intermodal Station.

Back on track? Rail talks resume for Amtrak’s Hiawatha route 

Published: February 10, 2011
Tags: Amtrak, Beitzel, Hiawatha, Magliari, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Rail, Ray LaHood, Scott Walker, Talgo, Tom Barrett
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By Marie Rohde Wisconsin could be back on the high-speed rail track. Just two months after Gov. Scott Walker rejected an $810 million grant for a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison, support for improvements to the Hiawatha rail line between Chicago and Milwaukee is growing. “It’s a no-brainer,” said Peter Beitzel, vice president [...]