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Bombardier Transportation – electric multiple units, diesel multiple units; Derby [66] Brush-Barclay – Kilmarnock; part of Wabtec [67] Brush Traction – diesel and electric locomotives; Loughborough; part of Wabtec [68] Clayton Equipment Company – diesel/electric/battery locomotives [69] Cowans Sheldon – railway cranes [70]
During its peak years in the 1950s, the company sold $25 million worth of trains per year. [2] In 1969, the company sold their model train lines to General Mills. It continued to operate until 1993 as a holding company for their toy stores. In 2006, Lionel's electric train became the first electric toy inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame.
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GE Transportation is the largest producer of diesel–electric locomotives for both freight and passenger applications in North America, believed to hold up to a 70% market share of that market. [3] The only other significant competitor is Caterpillar -owned Electro-Motive Diesel , holding an approximate 30% market share.
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
Allegheny Car Company (c. 1873 – 1882) Swissvale, Pennsylvania [9] Alstom; Altoona Manufacturing Company (c. 1870 – c. 1900) Altoona, Pennsylvania [9] Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) American Bridge Company (United States Steel) American Car & Foundry (ACF) [9] (to ARI) American Car Company (1852–1856) Chicago, Illinois [9] AMF, Beard ...
GE Capital Rail Services, also known as GE Railcar, or GE Railcar Services Corporation was a business unit of GE Capital, a division of General Electric. It was a distinct business unit from General Electric's railway locomotive manufacturer. GE Rail Services leased-out and managed railcars (freight cars) for the North American market.
Locomotives built or sold by the Westinghouse Electric Company. Westinghouse's transportation division (rail equipment) was founded 1894 and sold to AEG 1988, later merged into Adtranz and Bombardier. [1] [2] Production of locomotives ended after the early 1950s.