(Source: Roanoke Times, September 30, 2019)
ROANOKE, Va. — FreightCar America plans to build railcars in Mexico after it ceases operations in Roanoke, a news release said. FreightCar will close the company’s Roanoke plant by Nov. 11, ending the jobs of about 200 people, Mayor Sherman Lea was told 10 weeks ago. The Chicago company has operated for 14 years in a former Norfolk Southern facility downtown.
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