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The new GE and EMD locomotives for high speed trains in USA.

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Posted by carnej1 on Friday, January 15, 2010 11:36 AM

Syltrain

Smile How come that General Electric Transportation systems and Electromotive Division have not designed and putting locomotives in America's Railroad market for high speed trains ?

I wish now that they built to compete with their nearest competitor like Bombardier Transportation,Alstom,and Talgo like locomotive manufacturers in the North America's territory due to the Obama's Administration for the stimulus.

 Raily Yours

EMD supplies the diesel engines, electrical systems, and other components for the majority of North American passenger locomotives built in the last few years by Bombardier, Alstom, and Motive Power Industries and they seem to be satisfied with the arrangement.

 General Electric has a new passenger locomotive design in their catalog. They have not built a prototype yet but they are actively trying to market the unit to Amtrak.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, January 15, 2010 10:19 AM

That would a lot of engineering expense for a pretty thin market, assuming that the market will even exist.  Both EMD and GE would probably be smarter to execute licensing agreements with overseas manufacturers.

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The new GE and EMD locomotives for high speed trains in USA.
Posted by Syltrain on Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:07 PM

Smile How come that General Electric Transportation systems and Electromotive Division have not designed and putting locomotives in America's Railroad market for high speed trains ?

I wish now that they built to compete with their nearest competitor like Bombardier Transportation,Alstom,and Talgo like locomotive manufacturers in the North America's territory due to the Obama's Administration for the stimulus.

 Raily Yours

Sylvain

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