Does Wabtec own GE Locomotive Division now?

WftTrains posted:

mark s posted:

One would think that.  The heck of it is (now, this is said as one who has not followed GE very closely, but observed from the sidelines) much of GE's financial difficulties come from the GE's financial side, not the industrial side. Much of which undergirded Jack Welch's "heroic" performance.  Turned out, it was all a house of cards.

That's  what happened to Westinghouse Electric!  How ironic is it that George Westinghouse's other company was the white knight for GE, which was founded by Thomas Edison and Westinghouse was his chief rival.  

Bill (retired Westinghouse employee)

George, a proponent of AC was right, Thomas, a proponent of DC was wrong when it came to: “Which is the best choice for the long distance transmission of electricity, AC or DC?”.   It’s not surprising that Tesla left Menlo Park to work for George as his understanding of electricity was analogous to Ramanujan’s understanding of mathematics.  

PRR 5841 posted:

WftTrains posted:

mark s posted:

One would think that.  The heck of it is (now, this is said as one who has not followed GE very closely, but observed from the sidelines) much of GE's financial difficulties come from the GE's financial side, not the industrial side. Much of which undergirded Jack Welch's "heroic" performance.  Turned out, it was all a house of cards.

That's  what happened to Westinghouse Electric!  How ironic is it that George Westinghouse's other company was the white knight for GE, which was founded by Thomas Edison and Westinghouse was his chief rival.  

Bill (retired Westinghouse employee)

George, a proponent of AC was right, Thomas, a proponent of DC was wrong when it came to: “Which is the best choice for the long distance transmission of electricity, AC or DC?”.   It’s not surprising that Tesla left Menlo Park to work for George as his understanding of electricity was analogous to Ramanujan’s understanding of mathematics.  

But yet Edison gets all the credit for developing the electric power business even though he opposed Alternating Current which was the only way to achieve lower electricity costs through long-distance transmission of electricity from large efficient power generating stations.

Bill

Hello MIKE CT, I wanted to let you know that Grove City, PA. GE facilities build New engines for GE locomotives now, and have for many years. I don't think they rebuild engines there any more, but could be wrong on that. I live 11 miles from Grove City and am very familiar with the area. Tried unsuccessfully to be employed by GE. Also have worked for Cooper-Bessemer in the past, where I developed an interest in large engines, but this was long after the rights to the Cooper-Bessemer's FDL engine were sold to GE. Most of my career pre-retirement was on the railroad, however. If you should need confirmation about GE, Google is your friend...Ask "where does GE build the engines for their locomotives?" Just thought you might like to know, and have a great day.

I think the refesh, rebuilds are done in Cowtown, er, Ft. Worth....

I think thete is one thing interrsting with AC current.  To make the current work, one has to use imaginary numbers.  That is the square root of negative one.

The GE Transportation Grove City plant was increased in size by 95% a few years ago to handle the rebuild engine business.  AT THIS TIME, all GE diesel engines for the world are built in Grove City, PA.  (GE Transportation has ten assembly sites around the world to meet local manufacture and alternate source requirements.  Ft. Worth is currently building all domestic EVO's.)  I believe that an engine plant is in process in India.

The GE Transportation Division included locomotives, jet engines, and transit. I know Wabtec got locomotives and did not get jet engines. What happened to the Transit part of the company?

Erie's General Electric's Transportation Division  did NOT include jet engines. That GE branch was in Evandale, outside of Cincy.