Alstom and Bombardier Win New Order to Supply High-Speed Trains in the United States.HAWTHORNE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 4, 1998--A consortium comprising Alstom and Bombardier has won a 40 million ECU ($US 35 Million) order to supply America rail company Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run with two high-speed trains for the line linking Washington, New York Washington is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 4,742 at the 2000 census. The town is named after George Washington, who passed through the town during the revolution. and Boston. The Consortium will design and manufacture the trainsets, which will each have two power cars and six cars. Alstom will be responsible for the trains' electric equipment and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). parts, including bogies. Bombardier will manufacture the body shells and assemble the trains in its factories at La Pocatiere, Quebec; Plattsburgh, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; and Barre, Vermont Barre, Vermont can refer to either of two contiguous areas:
This latest order follows one received from Amtrak in March 1996 for 18 high-speed trains and 15 electric locomotives which are currently in manufacture. This order included the design, construction and setting up of three maintenance centers along the North-East corridor route. Alstom continues to strengthen its presence in the North Americann rail market, having acquired a signaling systems specialist and a rolling stock rolling stock Any of various readily movable transportation equipment such as automobiles, locomotives, railroad cars, and trucks. Rolling stock generally makes good collateral for loans because the equipment is standardized and easily transportable among market manufacturer in the last 12 months. Alstom's most recent orders in this sector include double deck trainsets for Amtrak, and the supply of equipment for the Chicago and New York Metros.
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