Railcar Manufacturer in Maine (With some snags)

Some things you simply can not make up...

PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage and Loring Development Authority officials are heading to Beijing on Saturday for meetings with Chinese manufacturer China North Industries Group Corp., known as Norinco.

The Chinese firm is considering manufacturing railcars at the former air base in Limestone. The deal could benefit the Maine Military Authority, an equipment refurbishment company...

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Caribou. An ideal location for building.... nothing.

The kind of immoral company that sells ballistic missle stuff to Iran, chlorine gas cannisters to Syria, and illegal saturday night specials in the US is not the kind of company we should be doing business with.

BandA wrote:The kind of immoral company that sells ballistic missle stuff to Iran, chlorine gas cannisters to Syria, and illegal saturday night specials in the US is not the kind of company we should be doing business with.

I believe people who live there would like the jobs and the taxes from the company.

When/if this project gets off the ground, we can talk about the railcar manufacturing aspect. Until then, this topic is 99% political and RAILROAD.NET is not the best venue for that.

I'll unlock the thread if there are any new developments.