Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Fresh Reminder That Milwaukee-Built Amtrak Trains Are Gathering Dust Here

What a waste of money, labor, new jobs and opportunity, as Walker's GOP-led legislature broke a contract with train maker Talgo and the issue is side-tracked in court.
Of course, the Milwaukee-built trains are a hit in Oregon...
train cab in production
Here's what the trains looked like as they were being assembled in a now-shuttered plant in a low-income Milwaukee neighborhood.
Talgo trains destined for Oregon being worked on in a Wisconsin facility
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 12:33 PM

    Why is it that government created jobs are needed in Milwaukee?

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  2. James RowenFebruary 13, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    Would you ask the same question about the billions of dollars spent annually in Wisconsin on 100%-publicly-funded, government-ordered road-building jobs?

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  3. zombie rotten mcdonaldFebruary 13, 2014 at 2:10 PM

    I believe those jobs were created by Talgo.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2014 at 5:26 PM

    I believe those tracks that Talgo needs to run on those government paid for and forever subsidized trains are paid for by the same government.

    To James; perhaps if the ridership for the trains createsd a funding mechanism that was anywhere near the unfunded liability created after the billions of state and federal taxes spent, maybe we'd be having a different discussion.

    Let the other communities do the heavy lifting first.

    Personally, I can't envision that this winters weather would have had me interested in being dumped off somewhere to wait for a bus in the cold to get where I needed to go - if I could get there.

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  5. Dave ReidFebruary 14, 2014 at 8:01 AM

    "perhaps if the ridership for the trains createsd a funding mechanism that was anywhere near the unfunded liability created after the billions of state and federal taxes spent, maybe we'd be having a different discussion. " Funny how we never hear this argument about roads, which despite often being called "freeways" are not free and are in fact massively subsidized.

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  6. zombie rotten mcdonaldFebruary 14, 2014 at 11:27 AM

    I believe those tracks that Talgo needs to run on those government paid for and forever subsidized trains are paid for by the same government.

    Unlike roads and bridges.

    What a stupid argument.

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