EMD Plant #2?

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Does anyone have an exact date when EMD's Plant 2 in Pullman, Illinois began operations? The December 1968 Trains article, "How the "Home of the Diesel Locomotive" builds diesels" by Jerry A. Pinkepank, pp 26-32 has a partial answer.    On page 28 Pinkepank writes that EMD leased the facility from the Defense Plant Corporation in 1946. 

 

Ed in Kentucky

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Does anyone have an exact date when EMD's Plant 2 in Pullman, Illinois began operations? The December 1968 Trains article, "How the "Home of the Diesel Locomotive" builds diesels" by Jerry A. Pinkepank, pp 26-32 has a partial answer.    On page 28 Pinkepank writes that EMD leased the facility from the Defense Plant Corporation in 1946. 

 Ed in Kentucky

 

 

Well no, the Defense Plant Corporation did not exist in 1946. Its assets had been folded back into the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as of July 1, 1945.  See https://utahrails.net/industries/defense-plant-corp.php The building EMD leased from the RFC in 1946 had apparently been used in manufacturing aircraft subassemblies. 

 

Ed in Kentucky 

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See 1943, 103rd Street facility: The Pullman History Site : The Pullman Company : A Pullman Timeline (pullman-museum.org)

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See 1943, 103rd Street facility: The Pullman History Site : The Pullman Company : A Pullman Timeline (pullman-museum.org)

 

A personal sideline here:  In 1951, the site of the Pullman School was purchased by the Order of St. Augustine and opened as Mendel Catholic High School.