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News Wire: Bucyrus Railcar Repair expands with former crane shop acquisiton

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Friday, June 16, 2017 10:12 AM

BUCYRUS, Ohio – Bucyrus Railcar Repair LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathcart Rail Holdings, has expanded its flagship Bucyrus repair facility by acquiring the adjacent facility and assets of the former American & Ohio Locomotive Crane ...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/06/16-bucyrus-railcar-repair

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Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Friday, June 16, 2017 3:17 PM

Thats funny I thought it was Bucyrus Crane the realy big ones

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Posted by Norm48327 on Friday, June 16, 2017 6:38 PM

It's always nice to see a stratup make a good go of it. I wish them further success.

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Friday, June 16, 2017 8:31 PM

Bucyrus Railcar has been around for a while.  There was an article about it in this issue of Trains

http://trn.trains.com/issues/2017/january-2017 

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Posted by chatanuga on Friday, June 16, 2017 11:19 PM

Always good to hear positive news from back home.  :)

Just checked out the article.  My grandpa worked in that guard shack on the right side of that picture of the shops back in the early 80s.  Lots of memories in that town.

Kevin

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