GE Manufacturing Solutions celebrates its 1,000th locomotive built at the Fort Worth facility

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rvos1979

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Posted by rvos1979 on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 3:47 PM

I think I went past there today on Texas Highway 114, saw about eight brand new CN locomotives waiting on a siding...........

Randy Vos

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rdamon

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GE Manufacturing Solutions celebrates its 1,000th locomotive built at the Fort Worth facility

Posted by rdamon on Friday, July 8, 2016 2:24 PM

http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20160707-denton-county-plant-marks-1000th-locomotive.ece

Interesting fact within the story .. Big Smile

"A crew of approximately 700 employees each week now produces 10 locomotives — the vehicle at the front of trains that pulls them along the rails— inside the million-square-foot Building 114."

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