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First rehabbed Highliner rolls out of MK factory
Morrison Knudsen Corp opens a Chicago plant to rebuild 140 Highliner commuter cars for Metra and to assemble 173 new handicap accessible cars. The contract totals 379 million dollars financed by Metra RTA and Illinois funds. The project includes new interiors, wheelchair areas, and a build in northeast Illinois mandate.
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Highliner
Metra
Mike O'Neal
Morrison Knudsen Corp
Boise
Idaho
Chicago
Metra Comuter
Morrison-Knudsen
103Rd Street
United States
Thrall Car Manufacturing Co
Chicago Heights
Morrison Knudsen
Regional Transportation Authority
State of Inois
Ilinois
St. Louis Car Co
Ilinois Central Railroad
Chicago South Suburban Mass Transit District
Jeffrey Ladd
Ladd
RTA
Tlinois
Amtrak
William Agee
Canada
Japan
Agee
Addi
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Hornell
California
California Department of ‘Transportation
Metra North
New York
Connecticut
Bay Area Rapid Transit
San Francisco
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
New Haven
Conn
Boston
Washington, D.C
Sinois
Jim Edgar