Nippon Sharyo, the manufacturer of gallery cars, gallery EMUs and the SMART/Metrolinx DMUs, is shutting down its Rochelle, Illinois factory and pulling out entirely from the US market.
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Buy America regulations are cited as one of the reasons.
I wonder what this means for SMART and any future fleet expansion?
Makes me wonder how Stadler's operations are going to translate to the USA. They face the same issues as Nippon Sharyo, and their first EMU car shell for Caltrain is currently in structural testing in Germany, presumably under close FRA scrutiny.