LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Kawasaki is showing off its new rail car
testing center at its production plant in Lincoln.
The Lincoln Journal Star says the plant’s 1,500 employees were
on hand for the unveiling on Tuesday, which also included company
executives and dignitaries, including Gov. Dave Heineman and Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler.  The $40 million facility includes a 36,000-square-foot test
building and a 2,000-foot-long track. Plant manager Mike Boyle says
it’s the only plant tin North America with the ability to build
rail cars from the ground up and test them on-site.
Since beginning rail car production in Lincoln in 2001, Kawasaki
has nearly doubled the size of its rail car plant and grown the
workforce fivefold.