Page 2 - நார்ஃபோக் மேற்கு ரயில்வே News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

It has been two years since FreightCar America took the last train out of Roanoke, closing a rail car manufacturing plant that employed about 200 people. But recent actions by the Chicago-based company — moving all of its production jobs to Mexico and receiving a $10 million loan from a federal pandemic assistance program — have reopened old wounds. “In my opinion, this entire situation is a travesty,” said Rich Johnson, president of the division of the Transportation Communications Union that represented many of the plant’s workers. In July 2019, FreightCar said it would close down its operation in the former Norfolk Southern East End Shops, just across the railroad tracks from downtown Roanoke. Two months later, it announcing the opening of an assembly plant in Mexico.

United statesMuscle shoalsJohn hullMark warnerTim kaineRich johnsonNorfolk southernExchange commissionNorfolk southern corpNorfolk western railwayUs small business administrationPaycheck protection programRoanoke regional partnershipTransportation communications unionFreightcar americaNorfolk southern east end shops