bobtheking<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,\u00a0at the CTA press conference, called the deal historic and expressed hope that the plant will be used to fulfill further national rail orders in the future. He is optimistic about the possibility of the manufacturing plant creating more local jobs.<\/p>\n
“It’s one thing to order new cars and the customers will get a great experience. It’s another thing to order those cars and create great manufacturing jobs in the city of Chicago, and bring back rail-car manufacturing to its proper home,\u201d said Emanuel.<\/p>\n
The purchase will eventually create one of the youngest fleets of rail cars in the country, according to CTA president Dorval Carter. The average rail car age will drop from 26 years to 13 years when all new cars are finally in service, and save an estimated $7 million in annual maintenance costs.<\/p>\n
Good news for Chicago. Hopefully the spiffy new fleet will sway a few people towards public transit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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