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Article: Northern Rail loses contract
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2001
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Northern Rail loses contract
Virginia commuter rail line cancels deal after company falls
behind
By RICK ROMELL
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Thursday, September 6, 2001
With the work only partly completed, a commuter rail line in
Virginia has canceled a $2.7 million contract with Northern Rail Car
Corp. after the Milwaukee firm fell behind on scheduled deliveries of
passenger cars, an executive with the line said.
Northern Rail Car, warned last month the contract was in jeopardy,
failed to present a satisfactory plan for finishing the job, said
Pete Sklannik Jr., chief operating officer of Virginia Railway
Express.
Instead, Sklannik said, Northern Rail Car asked for hundreds of
thousands of ...