General Motors Corp. agreed to sell its Electro-Motive locomotive manufacturing operation–which employs about 1,600 people in west suburban La Grange–to a private investing group, as the auto giant ...
Caterpillar Inc. on Aug. 31 marked the 100th anniversary of EMD®. Founded as Electro-Motive Engineering Corporation, EMD is now a product brand of Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company. (Courtesy of ...
Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, the world’s largest maker of construction equipment, said Tuesday that it agreed to buy locomotive manufacturer Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. of La Grange for $820 million to ...
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From the September 1990 issue of Car and Driver. We've been giddy from speed in Cor­vette ZR-1s and dizzy from the price of Cadillac Allantés, but we've never driven a General Motors product that ...
Digital electronics have swept the locomotive cabinet. Component testing is brutal and varied for the myriad harsh environments a locomotive encounters. Hybrid engine technology is on the short-term ...
Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The company that has dominated key segments of the European diesel locomotive market is set to face ...
Caterpillar Inc. agreed to buy a U.S. maker of railroad locomotives Tuesday for $820-million (U.S.) in cash, expanding its rail business from service into engine manufacturing. The world's largest ...