Article: Utah order may save Carson rail car plant. (Utah Transit Authority; California Carshell Inc.)

It appeared very likely last week that California Carshell Inc. - the new rail car shell plant opened in Carson last year by Siemens Transportation System - will stay open past 1997, thanks to a car order from the Utah Transit Authority.

Prior to the opening of the car shell plant in Carson, all such shells were manufactured overseas, although rail cars are assembled in the United States. Siemens Transportation System, a New Jersey-based subsidiary of Siemens AG of Germany, hopes to eventually export rail car shells from the Los Angeles area.

However, Siemens announced last year, after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cut its "L.A. Standard Car" order ...

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