Paducah closes
US DIESEL loco remanufacturer VMV Paducahbilt ceased operation on April 2 and made all 240 staff redundant. Company officials blamed a steadily shrinking order book, resulting from US and Canadian railways buying large numbers of new locos, and the transfer of work to low-wage plants in Mexico.
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