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Clayton Equipment Company – diesel/electric/battery locomotives [69] Cowans Sheldon – railway cranes [70] Exmoor Steam Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives [71] Ffestiniog Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives and carriages [72] Hitachi Rail – diesel and electric locomotives, carriages [73]
Closure & Container Manufacturers Association; Compressed Air and Gas Institute; Cordage Institute; Crane Manufacturers Association of America; Energy and Minerals Business Council; Glass Packaging Institute; Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association; Household & Commercial Products Association; Institute of Boiler and Radiator Manufacturers
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.
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)
The Association of American Railroads opposes electrification due to its high capital costs. [2] The Environmental Protection Agency states that the entire United States railroad network only contributes to 0.56% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, [ 3 ] and so electrification of the network would give negligible benefit to the environment.
The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) is a North American railway industry group. It publishes recommended practices for the design, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure, which are used in the United States and Canada .
Williams Electric Trains was an American model railroad manufacturer, based in Columbia, Maryland. Williams was sold to Kader via their subsidiary Bachmann Industries in October 2007, and is now identified as "Williams by Bachmann." It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Williams as a maker of reproductions of vintage Lionel and Ives Standard gauge trains
It suffered significant losses of membership through the 1950s to raids by other unions, in particular the International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE) which was set up by the CIO in 1949 with the goal of replacing UE. The UE and IUE were fierce rivals for many years, but in the 1960s began to cooperate in bargaining with General Electric ...