CXT plant shutdown to cost about 70 jobs

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Nearly 70 workers will be losing jobs as their company closes its concrete railroad tie plant in Grand Island.

CXT is a subsidiary of L.B. Foster Co., based in Spokane. L.B. Foster’s website says CXT also makes the concrete ties at its Spokane plant and at one in Tucson, Ariz.

The Grand Island Independent says CXT makes ties for Union Pacific, but its contract with the Omaha-based railroad has expired.

CXT told workers last week that the job cuts will begin in the next 10 to 14 days. The jobs will be phased out over six months so local workers can dismantle the plant. The equipment will be moved to other plants.

Associated Press