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Talgo: ‘We can’t stay and manufacture in Milwaukee’

Published: December 9, 2010
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Talgo Inc., the Spanish manufacturer of high-speed train cars, will abandon its plant in Milwaukee in 2012, according to Nora Friend, a spokeswoman for the company. The decision was made after U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced Thursday that the federal government was rescinding the $810 million allocated to Wisconsin. Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker [...]

Vegas, Midwest seek billions for fast trains

Published: February 23, 2009
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Jim Abrams AP Writer Washington — The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package point to a project they dub the “Sin Express” — a high speed rail link between Anaheim, Calif., the site of Disneyland, and Las Vegas. Not so fast. In fact, competition for the $8 billion in mass transit construction is [...]

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