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Eastside, I still stand by my comments on the weak economy. Unemployment in the county of WI where I live in is one of the highest in the state. With that being said and seeing that we have a GM plant that employees close to 4000 workers and numerous other local suppliers that employ countless hundreds, its gonna be very very difficult for the job market in the county and the local area to support an extra 4000+ jobs that we don't have available. I can't see a person who was making $15+ an hour going to work for Wal-Mart for minimum wage. Just isent gonna happen. <br /> <br />And for me, who is unemployed at the moment and is constantly filling out applications, its very hard to get a job. BTW I lost my job a few weeks ago. The business is still operating but they decided it would be better for THEIR bottom line to put their production in Mexico and employing people for a few cents an hour vs the $12.50 I was making. [:(!] The job market let alone the economy is no where near the levels it was in the late 90's and if your comparing that era to today, you must be dreamin it cause I and countless others across the country are not seeing it. <br /> <br />Maybe job growth is rising, but Im sure most of those jobs are Wal-Mart type jobs that you can barely live off and definatly dont replace those high paying manufacturing jobs that were once here and are now off in China or Mexico just so they can sell their products at Wally Worlds low prices. <br /> <br />Just read where NC furniture industry got a royal beating once again with the announcment from Thomasville that 1000+ good paying jobs are no more. These scenes are being played around the country. Try telling the economy is great and the job market is excellent to these and many others who lost their jobs or are laid off. <br /> <br />Now back to trains. Gluefinger yep your right. UP serves the plant here in Janesville and UP also has a large yard south of the city that supports the GM plant. I believe the only other customer on the UP line is the big elevator complex in nearby Evansville. Gonna be a sad day not too see the trains rollin into the plant.[:(] <br /> <br />CShaveRR, pretty much got what I was getting at. How the closures will affect RR business that supports these plants and the other associated plants (stamping operations, etc.) that are on the chopping block. With the closures, will most likly bring supplier closures as well. Steel, plastics, aluminum, seating, etc are all going to feel the effect. Yes I do think that the plants that do survive may get larger and may increase traffic for those RR serving it, but there are also alot of RR's and yards that depend heavily on a plant that may no longer be there. Will be hard to gain back business to replace the lost business that the auto plant once supported. <br /> <br />
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