CAF makes nice equipment for Europe.

Too bad Amtrak politics didn't favor them in the USA for the Viewliner II's.


Exeter Joe.

les Wrote:
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> For a government to go so out of its way to make
> sure Alstom didn't sell it's train tech to GE and
> then turn around and let the Italians snag this
> order is a real head-scratcher.
>
>
> synonymouse Wrote:
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> [www.francetvinfo.fr]
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> >
> lstom/sncf-alstom-perd-un-contrat-a-700-millions-d
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> > -euros_3622157.html
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> > This will not sit well with the Alstom workers
> and
> > unions in a region already losing jobs to
> Eastern
> > Europe amidst a general disindustrialization of
> > France. If I were Marine Le Pen I would really
> > get on this case.
> >
> > I wonder if the EC-EU will go the way of the
> > Soviet Union over time. Local interests
> > subordinated to those of the big power, in this
> > case Berlin instead of Moscow.