(The following appeared on the Roanoke Times website on February 22, 2011.)
RICHMOND, Va. — FreightCar America Inc. will produce 3,000 rail cars at its Roanoke manufacturing plant under a contract with Norfolk Southern Railway Co., putting more than 200 people to work at the East End Shops downtown.
Production will begin this May on the first 1,500 high-capacity coal cars under a $100 million contract with Norfolk Southern. Gov. Bob McDonnell and executives from the two companies announced the deal in Richmond on Monday morning at a windswept triple rail crossing near the James River.
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