Articles Tagged with ''locomotive manufacturing''

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EMD Turns 100

The diesel locomotive pioneer revolutionized the railroad industry.
Austin Weber
Austin Weber
November 30, 2022

For decades, General Motors was king of the highway and queen of the rails. In addition to mass-producing buses, cars and trucks, the automaker was once the largest locomotive builder in the world. At a massive factory just west of Chicago, GM’s Electro-Motive Division (EMD) assembled powerful machines that helped transition American railroads from steam to diesel.


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High-Speed Rail Demands Light Railcars

High-Speed Rail Demands Light Railcars

Carbon-fiber composite is on track for big growth in the rail sector
Austin Weber
Austin Weber
June 9, 2020
Automotive and aerospace manufacturers have been at the forefront of the lightweighting trend for some time now. But, they're not the only ones. The railway industry could also benefit from the use of new, lightweight structural materials.
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CTA Trains 6-26

Assembly Begins on Newest Trains for CTA

June 25, 2019

CHICAGO—China-based CRRC Sifang America has begun to implement its $1.3 billion contract to build more than 800 new 700-series trains for the Chicago Transit Authority at a $100 million factory on the city's far south side.


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GE Stays on Track by Rebuilding Locomotives

GE Stays on Track by Rebuilding Locomotives

Flexible assembly lines turn tired workhorses into modern machines
Austin Weber
Austin Weber
August 1, 2018
In the Chicagoland area, the home of ASSEMBLY Magazine for the past 60 years, freight trains are a daily fact of life. It's hard to drive anywhere without encountering at least one long train with numerous cars pulled by powerful locomotives.
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GE Transportation Unveils New Approach to Building Locomotives

February 2, 2018

CONTAGEM, Brazil--GE Transportation’s plant here unveiled this week a new approach to manufacturing locomotives with a mixed-model moving assembly line. Unlike traditional stationary production lines, the mixed-model moving line is designed to assemble different locomotive configurations as the units slowly move down the track. The assembly line cuts lead time by approximately 20 percent, reduces inventory by $1.75 million and creates 1,256 square meters of space savings within the factory.


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Stadler Breaks Ground on Railcar Manufacturing Plant

October 17, 2017

SALT LAKE CITY,UT--Stadler Rail Group is building a new plant here with an investment of around $50 million. The plant has been designed to accommodate around 350 workstations, but can be upgraded on a modular basis at any time. Its 62-acre property boasts 75,000 square feet of production space for the bogie, main, pre- and final assembly of single- and bi-level trains.


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Photo Essay: Locomotive Assembly at GE

June 23, 2014

FORT WORTH, TX—This photo essay provides a behind-the-scenes look at General Electric’s massive assembly plant here, a 1-million-square-foot factory where the company makes locomotives.


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