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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] There is a report appearing in the Detroit News that a possible deal between MIDOT and Talgo has been challenged by an Illinois concern, [URL=http://ccrail.com/hi-level-trains] Corridor Capital LLC[/URL], that believes the proposal was written in a manner so that there could only be one bidder - namely Talgo: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140608/POLITICS02/306080011 Brief passage: [i][list] [*]Lansing — State lawmakers are looking into claims that the Department of Transportation is mistakenly buying passenger rail cars that Wisconsin rejected as the result of a faulty bidding process. The criticism, aired at a recent Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, came from former U.S. Rep. Joe Schwarz of Battle Creek and a competing firm that argues the state’s bid specifications were so narrow only one company could meet them. At issue is a pending $58 million Michigan Department of Transportation deal to buy two sets of passenger cars built in Milwaukee by the Spanish firm Talgo and once headed for a now-defunct high-speed rail project in Wisconsin. The cars sit idle because Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called off his predecessor’s railroad plan.[/i] [/list] I would guess this Corridor Capital concern has in mind an opportunity to unload their fleet of ex-ATSF High Level cars. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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