Talgo coming back to Century City

September 26, 2016 2:43 pm Leave a comment

Talgo electrician James Cannon installs wiring for lights in a high-speed rail car last year at the facility in Milwaukee. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

Talgo Inc. is coming back to Milwaukee’s Century City business park with a more than $70 million contract to build rail cars for Los Angeles' Metro system.

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Milwaukee targets more brownfield sites in industrial corridor

December 1, 2015 3:40 pm Leave a comment

A vacant Milwaukee lot at 3424 N. 27th St. is on a list for future brownfield funding. Staffers with the city's Redevelopment Authority said the triangular outlot would be part of the eventual build-out of the Century City Business Park directly to its west. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

As Milwaukee officials work to draw businesses back to areas abandoned by manufacturers, they are planning to apply for grants to clean up brownfield sites throughout the city.

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State to pay $9.75M in settlement over rail project (UPDATE)

August 20, 2015 1:10 pm 1 Comment

James Cannon, an electrician at Talgo Inc., works to install wiring for lights in a high-speed rail car at the facility in Milwaukee recently. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

The state of Wisconsin will pay a Spanish manufacturer nearly $10 million for two trains it built that were never used after Republican Gov. Scott Walker abandoned a rail project.

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Canadian Pacific taking high-speed rail claim to state (UPDATE)

December 5, 2014 10:31 pm Leave a comment

Half a year after the rejection of a train company’s claim related to Gov. Scott Walker’s scotching of a high-speed railway to be built between Milwaukee and Madison, a railway is seeking compensation related to the same project.

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Talgo’s $66 million claim rejected (UPDATE)

May 19, 2014 3:58 pm Leave a comment

James Spence (left) and Rufus Dotson, workers at Talgo Inc.'s Milwaukee plant, set up the interior of a train car Friday. A Talgo spokeswoman said that with the federal government's decision to reallocate millions of dollars scheduled to help pay for high-speed rail in Wisconsin, the company would close its Milwaukee manufacturing operation in 2012. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

Arguing the dispute should be settled in court, Wisconsin officials on Monday rejected a $66 million claim made by Spanish train maker Talgo Inc.

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State Claims Board to take up Talgo case (UPDATE)

April 18, 2014 12:45 pm Leave a comment

James Cannon, an electrician at Talgo works to install the wiring for lights in a high speed rail car Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 at the firm's in Milwaukee facility. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

State officials will take up a claim that the U.S.-subsidiary of a Spanish train maker has filed in a dispute stemming from Gov. Scott Walker’s refusal of federal money for the construction of a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison.

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Canadian Pacific wants state to pay $501K for work

December 10, 2013 4:44 pm Leave a comment

A freight train passes other rail cars Monday while weaving through the Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee. Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget would provide $60 million for freight rail acquisitions and projects during the 2011-13 biennium. (Staff photos by Kevin Harnack)

Despite not having a written contract with the state, a railway company is seeking $500,715.13 for work performed on an eventually canceled high-speed rail line planned to go between Milwaukee and Madison.

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Talgo seeks nearly $66M for canceled deal

November 7, 2013 6:32 pm Leave a comment

Train-maker Talgo Inc. filed a nearly $66 million claim against Wisconsin on Thursday, saying the money is owed after Gov. Scott Walker acted in bad faith in deciding to abandon a high-speed rail line connecting Milwaukee and Madison.

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