HAWTHORNE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1997--GEC ALSTHOM has won an order to supply the National Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in the United States with control, propulsion and auxiliary equipment for 30 electric locomotives. The order includes an option to equip a further 22 locomotives.
Amtrak will install the equipment into remanufactured AEM-7 locomotives at its Wilmington maintenance facility in Delaware. The first unit is scheduled to enter service in January 1999.
This latest order confirms GEC ALSTHOM's leadership in the use of IGBT semiconductor technology for propulsion applications.
GEC ALSTHOM, which has just acquired the Hornell railway manufacturing business in New York, recently won an order for six high-speed electric locomotives from the Maryland Mass Transit Administration (MTA). The company is supplying 'American Flyer' high-speed trainsets to run on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and is a member of the FOX consortium to develop a high-speed rail project in the state of Florida.
CONTACT: GEC ALSTHOM
Laure Burin des Roziers, 914/345-5264
or
J-G Micol, 01133147552345
Internet: http://www.gecalsthom.com
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