AND with the proper zoning!
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Baffle 'em with bulls**t...
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KEN PATRICK wrote:google searches of worcester and wilmington, nc yielded no likely candidates. anyone have better luck? ken patrickIf they wanted to construct an entirely new building then the South Worcester Industrial Park might fit the bill. Cleared land, adjacent to the P&W and the foundry that was located there previously had a spur from the line to the factory. They'd also probably get a nice tax abatement if they wanted one. As for existing manufacturing space.....that would be harder to find.
CannaScrews wrote:Cosmo:Ok, cool man.
I agree entirely with your views. I was referring specifically to the contact/email/what-to-say/who-are-you-guys speculations, pie-in-the-sky and general hand-wringing.
Having a discussion on opening a manufacturing facility would be interesting. There are a lot of issues to bring to bear - the site selection is perhaps the least important (in the timing perspective), other that you would want or prefer to have it at/near an active railroad. You can truck in the manufactured cars & assemble them on a siding somewhere, but that's kinda kludgy.
As you are aware, most of the work will have been done by analyzing the market to determine the need. Obviously, with the Union Pacific going to upgrade it's fleet (or is it BNSF), that part is well known. The other parts are what type of a facility you need to produce so many cars a year. Who are the suppliers of the materials, what is the demand for the product, financing, personnel, yabba-yabba-dabba-do.
I would think that most people on this board would find it fairly boring. Much more fun to make blanket statements based on conjecture, innuendo and falsehoods than to do analytical work.
But, there is no reason Connecticut can't be in the running for a manufacturing plant of that type. There is a nice wide area in downtown Waterbury at a former brass mill which I'm sure the city would be happy to have such a plant there - and it is right next to a railroad - gee. I'm just using an example I'm familiar with and NOT proposing anything since I have no idea of what I'm talking about.
It's a matter of the Governator or CBIA or DECD saying - Hey, check this out if you are interested! The railroads always want new business and people want jobs.
CN9634 wrote:If a new railcar manufacturing is emerging in these areas in the next two months, I wouldn't look at maps to find a suitable place where it would be -- thats more like a needle in a hay stack.Readville , plenty of industrial railside property , and an area with a past welding culture , heavy duty style.
What I would do on the other hand is monitor online job boards such as http://www.indeed.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and look for skilled laborers such as welders. I haven't found anything posted yet and I find it hard to believe that if they are going to start by Mid-2014, that these jobs wouldn't be posted yet.
Teamdriver wrote:We're talking about Worcester, MA and Wilmington, NC; NOT Readville. Maybe one of the factories along 146 in Worcester would fit? And there are a few riverside factories in Wilmington that might work...CN9634 wrote:If a new railcar manufacturing is emerging in these areas in the next two months, I wouldn't look at maps to find a suitable place where it would be -- thats more like a needle in a hay stack.Readville , plenty of industrial railside property , and an area with a past welding culture , heavy duty style.
What I would do on the other hand is monitor online job boards such as http://www.indeed.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and look for skilled laborers such as welders. I haven't found anything posted yet and I find it hard to believe that if they are going to start by Mid-2014, that these jobs wouldn't be posted yet.
daylight4449 wrote:EASY Johnny! But right on. You beat me to it on that one.Teamdriver wrote:We're talking about Worcester, MA and Wilmington, NC; NOT Readville. Maybe one of the factories along 146 in Worcester would fit? And there are a few riverside factories in Wilmington that might work...CN9634 wrote:If a new railcar manufacturing is emerging in these areas in the next two months, I wouldn't look at maps to find a suitable place where it would be -- thats more like a needle in a hay stack.Readville , plenty of industrial railside property , and an area with a past welding culture , heavy duty style.
What I would do on the other hand is monitor online job boards such as http://www.indeed.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and look for skilled laborers such as welders. I haven't found anything posted yet and I find it hard to believe that if they are going to start by Mid-2014, that these jobs wouldn't be posted yet.
daylight4449 wrote:Dudes , calm down ! I was referring to the '' and look for skilled laborers such as welders '' part of the post. Coincidentally , the Readville area came to mind, seeing that it was a former rail yard , and that there is plenty of under utilized industrial real estate nearby. the welding tradesman angle that I was commenting on , if you are familiar with the area , had a culture of this type of work in the area , Westinghouse , Allis-Chalmers , BF Sturtevant ,and more. If it's Worcester you want , get Frank Finn's old company , FIBA of Millbury to help you get it done. Calm down, this isnt the Wall Street Journal here........Teamdriver wrote:We're talking about Worcester, MA and Wilmington, NC; NOT Readville. Maybe one of the factories along 146 in Worcester would fit? And there are a few riverside factories in Wilmington that might work...CN9634 wrote:If a new railcar manufacturing is emerging in these areas in the next two months, I wouldn't look at maps to find a suitable place where it would be -- thats more like a needle in a hay stack.Readville , plenty of industrial railside property , and an area with a past welding culture , heavy duty style.
What I would do on the other hand is monitor online job boards such as http://www.indeed.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and look for skilled laborers such as welders. I haven't found anything posted yet and I find it hard to believe that if they are going to start by Mid-2014, that these jobs wouldn't be posted yet.