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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]
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 ...
Defunct locomotive manufacturers of the United States (47 P) B. Baldwin locomotives (3 C, 350 P, 1 F) Brooks locomotives (4 P) Brookville Equipment Corporation (2 C, 1 P)
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.
NEW YORK-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Virgin Trains USA LLC (NASDAQ: VTUS) ("Virgin Trains" or the "Company") announced today an initial public offering of 28,334,000 shares of common stock (the "shares ...
In March 2010, Wabtec announced that it had purchased Xorail, a railway signaling design and construction company for $40 million. [22] [23] In July 2010, Wabtec announced the plan to purchase two manufacturers of rail equipment, G&B Specialties and Bach-Simpson Corp. [24] The companies produce track products and locomotive components respectively.
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.
Amtrak operates a fleet of 2,142 railway cars and 425 locomotives for revenue runs and service, collectively called rolling stock.Notable examples include the GE Genesis and Siemens Charger diesel locomotives, the Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive, the Amfleet series of single-level passenger cars, the Superliner series of double-decker passenger cars, and 20 Acela Express high-speed trainsets.