Posted on 10/04/2016 2:00:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The French government has confirmed that it will order 15 high-speed TGV trains in a bid to prevent the historic Alstom train-building plant from closing.
The announcement was made by France’s secretary of state for industry Christophe Sirugue on a visit to the Alstom factory in Belfort, eastern France.
Normally, the state-owned rail operator SNCF would be in charge of ordering new trains, but given the plight of the Belfort factory and the small matter of a looming presidential election, the government has chosen to act on its own. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
Maybe they can sell them to California to carry no passengers from nowhere to nowhere in the Central Valley.
This seems familiar somehow.
Think how much money California could save if they could just convince people to pretend that there are pretty trains running at high speed across the countryside. Nobody would miss them, since nobody would ride them if they existed.
I remember reading something about Alstom and GE. I knew they bought the Power grid an turbines but I have seen job listings for their Railroad stuff locally. Which was an Alstom plant
Keeping the factory open is unAmerican. They should close up and
buy from China like we do.
They need the 15 trains to run on the new rail routes they just cancelled about a week or so ago.
All Socialist nations suffer the same crippling disease. The ghetto cities have high density housing serviced by run down commuter trains.
Recently heard a private expert on govt trains. Nobody wants to build housing nearby unless, you guessed it, more govt subsidizing.
“They say free InterRail tickets – typically month-long passes letting young people travel across Europe’s rail network at will – could rekindle enthusiasm for the European Union and bring youngsters together to counter the rising nationalism seen in Britain’s vote to quit the bloc and in many other countries.
“People all around Europe must get to know and learn to cherish each other. Our wish is that as many youngsters as possible ... get to know other countries and make new friends,” said Manfred Weber, an ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel who leads the biggest group in the EU legislature.”
For sale: new train sets. Owner built them but doesn’t need them...Contract France
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