Things are getting "tight" out there. From the Roanoke Times:
Railroad car manufacturer FreightCar America Inc. announced Monday that it plans to suspend production at its Roanoke manufacturing plant after workers complete their current work orders.
The Chicago-based company said in a news release that it plans to impose "temporary suspension of railcar production on a selective basis until the railcar market strengthens."
It said operations might be extended if it receives additional orders but offered no additional information about that possibility.
Approximately 210 employees will be affected by the suspensions but it is unclear whether that constitutes the plant's entire work force.
It also remains unclear when the employees are scheduled to complete the work they're doing now.
In January, FreightCar announced it would lay off 120 Roanoke workers on or before March 14. According to Monday's news release, operations at FreightCar's Danville, Ill., plant will not be affected. Calls to FreightCar's headquarters in Chicago were not returned Monday afternoon, and a message on the company's automated switchboard said the business was closed Monday.
FreightCar leased the former Norfolk Southern East End Shops in downtown Roanoke and started operations in 2005.
Bill
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