Sen. Casey urges slower speeds for high-speed rail contracts

george matthews wrote:

I agree with you 100%. Why not find ways for private industry to build 125-mph locomotives--which would enable domestic manufacturers to provide great products for both domestic and foreign markets? Doesn't the US already sell freight locomotives abroad?

There are hundreds of GM Class 66 locomotives in Britain, and also in the rest of Europe.

I'm fairly certain those were built in Canada, as is the case with most EMD locomotives built in the past 15(?) years or so. EMD is headquartered in the U.S., but manufacturing and assembly took place in Ontario or Mexico. Cat/Progress Rail recently opened a new plant in Indiana, so U.S.-built EMD locomotives may become a reality once again.