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Due to emission credits the class 1 railroads have accumulated, EMD and GE will be able to continue to build tier 3 diesel engines until about mid year 2015. So about a 6 month delay for tier 4. That said, the freight locos built from there on out until at least 2017 will only be from GE. Apparently...

Here is a photo of one of the new Colas Rail Freight Powerhaul locomotives in transit.

Colas Rail Freight Powerhaul Locomotive

They are to be built in Erie. From the Railway Gazette: GE Transportation officially announced an order to supply 10 Class 70 PowerHaul locomotives to freight operator Colas Rail on November 21. The locomotives are to be assembled at GE Transportation's Erie plant for entry into service in 2014. htt...

2nd quarter profits rise at GE Transportation results released Friday as part of the General Electric Co.'s earnings report show that GE Transportation earned a $580 million profit through the first six months of 2013. That's 13 percent ahead of the record-setting pace set in 2012. Duke said Friday...

They broke ground for the diesel engine plant on the 4th of July. KAZAKHSTAN: Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov formally launched construction of a diesel engine factory in Astana on July 4. The plant is being developed by a joint venture of national railway KTZ, GE Transportation and TransmashDiesel. [...

There was an article back in the middle of June about the Pilot Units: http://bostontoat.blogspot.com/2013/06/update-mbtas-new-locomotive-order.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The original order of 20 was also expanded twice for a grand total of 40: http://bostontoat.bl...

GE does not have caddilac health care plans. Better get the facts straight. New hires also have no pension. Union or not, hourly or salary. Unless you are in upper management, then the sky is the limit. How can one compete with a country, like China for instance, that has no regard for the enviromen...

Unfortunately, I can't think of anyone that has gone to Texas from PA that has stayed and liked it. All that I know have come back and have nothing good to say.

The wages are very similar to Erie's. However to get the rebuild facility/investment there, the new hires had to fall under a new wage tier. The new tier is quite a bit less, even lower than what is paid in Texas. While GC is non union, some have been pushing for one the past few months.

It is possible. GE has sold China most (if not all) of the technology needed for the locomotives. They didn't have to steal or clone it. Just the way of the large corps these days. Pad the bottom line today at tomorrows expense.

950 people will most likely be losing their jobs in Erie as Evolution Locomotive production moves to Fort Worth. This would be all the Class 1 Locomotives used in North America. They have mentioned that within the next 60 days, the union and company can negotiate to try and keep some of the jobs in ...

The high pressure lines have been used for years on the FDL and Evos (any diesel for that matter). What is different now is that the lines go from cylinder to cylinder, a "common rail", vs from the individual pump on each cylinder to the injector. So there was really no flex due to everyth...

According to GE, the first locomotive built at Fort Worth shipped on the 27th of March. http://www.gereports.com/lone-star-locomotion/ Lone Star Locomotion: First Locomotive Leaves New GE Plant in Texas March 28, 2013 Who says that work can’t be play? The world’s largest LEGO set, the Taj Mahal, con...

"Long live the FDL!" Unfortunately it will not! Little matter of a cast bottom end with a tenancy to stretch In the third world, and some Latino countries they are still rebuilding 12 cylinder 567C's with 645 piston liner kits, and there is still a strong demand for used 567C crankcases, ...

I don't see where you mentioned the Durathon being used in anything?? I took it as a joke as intended.