I would guess GE, but am not sure.
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Tommy posted:I would guess GE, but am not sure.
Ge units are assembled in Texas, and EMD units are assembled in Muncie, IND. I know that both GE and EMD manufacture their own prime movers, main generators, electrical cabinets, main hoods & cabs, and under frames in the U.S..
Hot Water posted:Tommy posted:I would guess GE, but am not sure.
Ge units are assembled in Texas, and EMD units are assembled in Muncie, IND. I know that both GE and EMD manufacture their own prime movers, main generators, electrical cabinets, main hoods & cabs, and under frames in the U.S..
No more engines at all are built in Erie?
EBT Jim posted:Hot Water posted:Tommy posted:I would guess GE, but am not sure.
Ge units are assembled in Texas, and EMD units are assembled in Muncie, IND. I know that both GE and EMD manufacture their own prime movers, main generators, electrical cabinets, main hoods & cabs, and under frames in the U.S..
No more engines at all are built in Erie?
I don't think the GE engine was ever manufactured in Erie. The locomotives, however were assembled in Erie, but now locomotive assembly is done in Texas.
GE diesel engines are made in Grove City, Pa. Probably goes back to the day when GE bought the Cooper-Bessemer diesel engine which was made in Grove City.
Hot Water posted:EBT Jim posted:Hot Water posted:Tommy posted:I would guess GE, but am not sure.
Ge units are assembled in Texas, and EMD units are assembled in Muncie, IND. I know that both GE and EMD manufacture their own prime movers, main generators, electrical cabinets, main hoods & cabs, and under frames in the U.S..
No more engines at all are built in Erie?
I don't think the GE engine was ever manufactured in Erie. The locomotives, however were assembled in Erie, but now locomotive assembly is done in Texas.
When I said "engines," I was referring to locomotives .... rather than prime movers.
Anyway, I didn't know that GE completely ended locomotive production in Erie. I knew that it was greatly scaled down. Sad for those folks.
There were studies being done by GE to determine if the Erie plant could be made more efficient for future production, with a large investment of capital.
I believe that in the future, more and more GE locomotive production will be moved to Texas, and the Erie operations will slowly be phased out.
The reasons are: Unions, and Taxes.
Texas is just a more "business friendly" state in most all aspects. I hate that for the longtime GE employees in Erie. However, it is what it is, and that is where this is all headed, "in my opinion"
FYI: Caterpillar is headed the same way. Building lots of new plants in Texas, and reducing production at plants in the Midwest and north.
The Trucks for the General Electric locomotives are often made in the Republic of South Africa. That is why there is "RSA" on some of them. Not sure about the trucks for EMD locomotives.
Are these trucks cast only or forged?
TexasSP posted:Are these trucks cast only or forged?
Diesel truck were always cast steel. The newest EMD Radial truck is now fabricated.
The answer to the question as stated is, of course, NO. There is no locomotive manufactured entirely within the USA. Every locomotive assembled in the the USA has sub assemblies manufactured in other countries.
eldodroptop posted:The answer to the question as stated is, of course, NO. There is no locomotive manufactured entirely within the USA. Every locomotive assembled in the the USA has sub assemblies manufactured in other countries.
Really? Please name some of those "sub assemblies".
Come on man don't be obstinate.. There is nothing manufactured completely within the USA. Just as one example, I know for a fact the radiator hoods for GE locomotives are made as complete assemblies in Mexico with steel made in Asia. If one microprocessor in just one computer of a locomotive is made outside the USA then the question as stated in the title of this thread is NO.
But perhaps I am the one being obstinate....
Hot Water posted:I don't think the GE engine was ever manufactured in Erie. The locomotives, however were assembled in Erie, but now locomotive assembly is done in Texas.
I believe GE builds their locomotives for export at Erie.
Negotiations have ben taking place to modernize the plant and increase production there. Of course, both the company and the union are playing hard ball.
