Former TrentonWorks employees in Nova Scotia are anxiously awaiting news about the sale of the shuttered railcar plant.

The facility in Trenton has been closed since the spring.

"It's like a ghost town down there," said Dave Fanning, with the United Steelworkers union, which represents the former TrentonWorks employees.

About 300 people lost their jobs when U.S.-based Greenbrier Ltd., the parent company of TrentonWorks, shifted production to Mexico.

Ernst and Young Inc., the firm hired to oversee the sale of the plant and its assets, said Wednesday it was still evaluating proposals.

A decision would be made "very soon," an e-mail to CBC News said.

Earlier this week, a Greenbrier executive said the company was speeding up the timeline for "liquidation," raising fears in the community that a new buyer would sell the equipment and scrap the rest of the facility.

Fanning said union members still hope someone will come along with new jobs.

"We are still hopeful and believe there is an opportunity there for life to come back to the plant," he said.

National Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who plans to run against local MP Peter MacKay in the next election, said there is at least one bidder.

"I do know of one party with interest who has submitted a bid and has approached me as a political leader in the community, wanting to know if I would help them," she said.