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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]
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.
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.
Philadelphia's SEPTA Regional Rail uses exclusively electric power, supplied by overhead catenary wire. Diesel-electric locomotives based on the EMD F40PH design as well as the MP36PH-3C are popular as motive power for commuter trains. Manufacturers of coaches include Bombardier, Kawasaki, Nippon Sharyo, and Hyundai Rotem.
So, even with the addition of 28 high-speed trains purchased in 2016 with $2.45 billion, it won’t be until 2035 that even 30 percent of the route offers up speeds worth talking about.
FreightCar America (formerly Johnstown America Corporation, originally Bethlehem Steel Corp.) Freight Car Services; Fruehauf Rail Division (formerly Magor Car Corp.) (1964–1973) Clifton, New Jersey [9] Fruit Growers Express (1922–) Alexandria, Virginia [9] Fulton Car Works/Keck & Hubbard (1847 – c. 1860) Cincinnati, Ohio [9]
Athearn also produced trains for the short-lived Cox Models brand of electric train sets in the 1970s. Many of these products were pre-existing items from the Athearn catalog repackaged with Cox branding. [5] Freight cars packaged with train sets sold by Atlas Model Railroad Co. in the 1970s also came from Athearn. [1]