by MEC407
The tried-and-true FDL engine continues to have a bright future ahead.
From GoErie.com:
From GoErie.com:
GoErie.com wrote:...[GE] announced Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Yakutia Railways of Russia "to explore the possibility of forming a strategic relationship to modernize diesel electric locomotives."Read more at: http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art ... ewssitemap
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GE Transportation would supply so-called locomotive kits, including FDL engines and key drive components built in Grove City and Erie. Plans call for supplying a minimum of 20 engine kits each year for five years.
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Those engines would be adapted to modernize existing Russian locomotives.
MEC407
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives
Moderator:
Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives