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GE Transportation, formerly known as GE Rail, is a division of General Electric. Included are GE Technology Infrastructure and GE Aircraft Engines. The organization manufactures equipment for the railroad industry as well as other industries requiring large propulsion systems. It is based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Engine manufacturing takes place in Grove City, Pennsylvania.

Lorenzo Simonelli, the former CEO of GE Consumer & Industrial for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, is the chief executive for GE Transportation Systems.[1]

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[edit] Rail products

GE Transportation is a major producer of diesel-electric locomotives for both freight and passenger applications. It also produces related products, such as railway signals, railway switching networks, and parts for locomotives and railroad cars, as well as providing repair services for GE and other locomotives.

Current locomotives in major production include the GE Evolution Series; for a complete listing, see the list of GE locomotives. In the spring of 2007, GE Transportation Systems rolled out a prototype hybrid diesel-electric locomotive to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.

In addition to the railroad industry, GE Transportation also serves the following industries: Marine, Mining, Stationary Power, Drilling, and Drivetrain Technologies (wind gear boxes).

[edit] Major locomotive customers

[edit] Propulsion products

In addition to railroad locomotives and equipment, GE Transportation Systems also produces large electric motors and propulsion systems for the mining, oil drilling, and wind turbine industries. GE also provides medium-sized, medium-speed diesel engines for several smaller vessels, mostly tugboats and other similarly-sized vessels. These marine engines are marinized versions of their locomotive engines.

[edit] Battery products

GE’s battery business serves the rail, marine, telecommunications and energy sectors, including new smart grid technology. The batteries made at the new Schenectady, New York factory will be capable of producing 900 megawatt-hours of energy a year, or the equivalent of the battery power required for 45,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. [2][3]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Dineen Named President and CEO of GE Healthcare; Lorenzo Simonelli to Lead GE Transportation : Press Releases : News : GE
  2. ^ http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/07/27/daily11.html
  3. ^ http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/docs/3238819_1249566341_Battery%20Plant%20Press%20Release%20FINAL%2008_05_2009.pdf

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