ADVISORY/Bombardier Transportation: Media Advisory: JetTrain High-Speed Rail Locomotive Rolls Into Tampa Wednesday Morning, October 15, 10:00 a.m.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (Oct. 15) TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2003 Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world’s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :BBD BBD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Barbados Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. .A)(TSX:BBD.B):
WHAT: The Bombardier(i) JetTrain(i) high-speed rail locomotive has
arrived in Florida. After recent visits to Miami and
Orlando, the next-generation locomotive will be at Tampa's
Union Station, Track 3, Wednesday morning, October 15, at
10:00 a.m.
With a jet engine placed in the heart of the JetTrain
locomotive, it is the first non-electric high-speed rail
solution designed for the American market. With top speeds
exceeding 150 miles per hour, it offers passengers a new way
to travel between cities every day in safety, comfort and
speed.
Bombardier is currently short listed with partner Fluor
Corporation to design, build, operate and maintain Florida's
first high-speed rail system that will link Tampa and
Orlando and, ultimately, Orlando and Miami. The Fluor-
Bombardier proposal features JetTrain technology - the only
non-electric, FRA-compliant, high-speed rail technology in
the world.
Fluor Corporation and Bombardier Transportation are inviting
members of the media for a technical briefing on the
JetTrain technology, followed by a photo-op of the
locomotive.
WHO: Ms. Lecia Stewart, Vice-President, High-Speed Rail, North
America, Bombardier Transportation
Mr. Jerry Holloway, Director, Media Relations, Fluor
Corporation
WHEN & WHERE:
Tampa - Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Media briefing: Tampa Union Station, 601 N. Nebraska
Ave.
Baggage Room
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Photo-op: Tampa Union Station, 601 N. Nebraska
Ave., Track #3
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Public viewing: Tampa Union Station, 601 N. Nebraska
Ave., Track #3
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
For more information on the Fluor-Bombardier proposal, visit
www.bombardier.com/fluor.
For more information on the Bombardier JetTrain technology, visit
www.jettrain.us.
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