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Transportation · 1890s – 2019

GE Transportation

Locomotives that moved the freight of a nation.

Merged with Wabtec (2019).

Vintage-style artistic recreation of GE's historic businesses.

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Business history

GE built electric and diesel-electric locomotives for more than a century, with a major plant in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Its locomotives became a familiar sight on freight railroads worldwide.

GE Transportation merged with Wabtec in 2019.

Historical references

Subsidiaries, acquisitions & joint ventures

  • Merged · 2019

    Wabtec merger

    GE Transportation merged with Wabtec in February 2019.

    Ownership outcome: Part of Wabtec. Not part of GE.

    Source

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Major products & innovations

  • ✦ Diesel-electric locomotives
  • ✦ Rail signaling
  • ✦ Mining equipment drives

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Heritage illustration

Transportation atmosphere
Artistic recreation. Authentic archival photographs welcome — share yours with permission.

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Employee memories

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GE Jokes

The sixth why

We asked the five whys. We found the root cause. Then the manager asked a sixth why.

We're still in that conference room.

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GE Garfield

Keeping people connected. Anywhere. Anytime.
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GE Motivational Quotes

No turbine was ever built by one person. Every one of those hands mattered.

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GE Legend Collectable Cards

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GE Honorable Mentions

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Related businesses

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