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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] Brief passage from the material submitted by Mike: [i][list] [*]GALESBURG — Could a Spanish rail car manufacturer ditch Wisconsin and relocate its plant to Illinois? Gov. Pat Quinn hopes so and his administration hasn’t been shy about wooing Talgo Inc. to make Illinois its new home. The [Wisconsin HSR] debacle has triggered uncertainty about Talgo’s future in Wisconsin, sparking Illinois’ interest in getting Talgo and a bigger piece of the stimulus pie. “We’re in the preliminary process of just introducing our state to (Talgo),” said Mike Murray, a policy adviser for the Quinn administration. Quinn has been promoting Illinois as a place for rail manufacturers with a well-qualified labor force with “several locations throughout the state that would probably be attractive” for the company, Murray said. Quinn’s administration “stands ready to do whatever it can to make Illinois your new Midwestern home,” the governor wrote. Talgo spokeswoman Nora Friend told The Associated Press she was grateful that Quinn reached out. If Wisconsin doesn’t change its mind, she said, Talgo would remain in Milwaukee “no longer than spring 2012,” when the company is scheduled to deliver two sets of trains to Oregon.[/i] [/list] Let's hope nothing comes to pass on this one; for if it does, then Illinois, if the HSR initiative is for real, would be obligated to buy this quite unsuitable equipment for Midwest service. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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