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Abilene is welcoming in a 1940’s-era Army locomotive this week that will be added to the list of other historic engines which call the town home. The Abilene & ...
Partnering with General Electric and ALCO, they built machines capable of hauling massive loads across rugged terrain. These GTELs were engineering marvels, outpowering even diesel giants.
Alco Parking has been cracking down on football tailgaters in response to complaints that some large pre-game parties on the North Shore were getting out of hand, according to company president ...
A BRADFORD builders' merchant is driving down its carbon footprint with a 100 per cent electric truck. Joseph Parr (Alco) Ltd, based on Manchester Road, has taken delivery of what is believed to ...
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Venerable General Electric (GE), once the longest-serving member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, will officially split into two companies at the start of next month. And the old GE name is ...
William Harry photo At its most complex, Southern Pacific rostered locomotives from a half-dozen builders, including EMD, Alco, GE, Fairbanks-Morse, Baldwin, and Krauss-Maffei. At this point, the ...
The GE-414 engine is a powerful and reliable engine that is currently used in a number of fighter jets, including the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler. In what is expected to give a ...
General Electric GE is gaining momentum on the back of strong performance of the Aerospace segment owing to continued recovery in the commercial market. Segmental revenues and orders climbed 22% ...
General Electric officials confirmed Friday that once its restructuring is complete next year, the remaining company will be headquartered in Cincinnati. The disclosure means the Queen City region ...
By 1953, GM held a whopping 73 percent of the U.S. locomotive market, followed by Alco at 15 percent. By the mid-1960s, GE had bumped Alco from its No. 2 spot. But, in 1968, GE only accounted for 22 ...