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Then, in December 1930, the corporation acquired Electro-Motive Company, ultimately renaming it Electro-Motive Division in 1942. See All 11 Photos General Motors tested several new diesel engine ...

For the second time in a month, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. has won a major contract for new locomotives.The State Rail Authority of New South Wales, Australia, has ...

The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corp. in LaGrange, regarded as an unwanted misfit by the automaker just a few years ago, may soon grow in stature. If GM has its way, the railroad-loco… ...

Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. is scouting for a new facility to assemble locomotives, and the company's McCook headquarters is a contender, people familiar with the matter tell Crain's. The company ...

Then, in 1939, GM's Electro-Motive Division introduced the first successful diesel-electric locomotive, the FT103. It took four of EMD's new engines hooked in tandem to match the power of one big ...

The Electro-Motive division of General Motors Corp. took the first steps yesterday toward closing its locomotive parts rebuilding operation in Halethorpe, telling the 70 workers that most of them ...

HO scale locomotives ScaleTrains Rivet Counter Electro-Motive Division SD9 diesel locomotive. Price: Direct-current model, $204.99; with DCC and sound, $304.99 Manufacturer: ScaleTrains, 4901 Old ...

In 1924, EMC introduced the first Electro-Motive gas-electric railcar with 150 hp. The company was sold to General Motors in 1930, where Hamilton helped design a locomotive to run on diesel fuel ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - General Motors Corp. is on the verge of selling its locomotive unit to two private U.S. equity groups, according to a report published Tuesday. The unit, Electro-Motive ...

The new additions will replace the Electro-Motive Division, or EMD, model GP-10 locomotives that have been in service since the 1950s. Fort Campbell acquired them in the 1990s after they were ...