Editing GE Transportation (section)

== Rail products ==
[[File:BNSF 7038 GE ES44C4.JPG|right|thumb|The GE ES44C4, a [[diesel–electric locomotive|diesel–electric]] freight locomotive of the [[GE Evolution Series]]]]
GE Transportation is the largest producer of [[diesel–electric locomotive]]s for both [[Freight train|freight]] and [[Passenger train|passenger]] applications in North America, believed to hold up to a 70% market share of that market.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Middleton|editor1-first=William|editor2-last=Smerk|editor2-first=George|editor3-last=Diehl|editor3-first=Roberta|editor-link1=William D. Middleton|title=Encyclopedia of North American Railroads|year=2007|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-34916-3}}</ref> The only other significant competitor is [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]]-owned [[Electro-Motive Diesel]], holding an approximate 30% market share.<ref name=marketshare_EMD>{{cite web
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[[File:FAB's IMG 4275 GE-General Electric Rail Services NAHX 44703 Cylindrical Covered Hopper.JPG|left|thumb|Two cylindrical hoppers built by GE Transportation]]
GE Transportation also produces related products, such as [[Railway signalling|railroad signaling]] equipment, and parts for locomotives and [[railroad car]]s, as well as providing repair services for GE and other locomotives. Current locomotives in major production include the [[GE Evolution Series]]; for a complete listing, see the [[list of GE locomotives]]. 

=== History ===

GE produced its [[GE_57-ton_gas-electric_boxcab|first locomotive]] in 1912, and continued to produce [[switcher|switcher locomotives]] through the 1920s and 30s, while also producing electrical equipment for diesel engines from other manufacturers. Heavy involvement in main-line rail transportation began with a partnership with [[American Locomotive Company|ALCo]] in 1940. ALCo had been the second-largest producer of steam locomotives, and was moving into diesel traction, but needed help to compete with the newly-emergent [[Electro-Motive_Diesel|GM Electro-Motive Division]]. In the partnership, ALCo built the locomotive bodies and [[prime mover (locomotive)|prime movers]], while GE supplied the electrical gear as well as marketing and servicing infrastructure.

At first, the partnership was reasonably successful, producing the popular RS-1 road switcher, but by 1950 [[Alco-GE]] was struggling to keep up with EMD. In 1953, GE dissolved their partnership with ALCo and took over the [[Union_Pacific_GTELs|gas turbine–electric venture]] that had started series production the previous year. In 1956 GE launched the [[GE Universal Series|Universal Series]], which succeeded in establishing them as the main competitor to EMD. The subsequent [[GE_Dash_7_Series|Dash 7 Series]] failed to build market share, however the [[GE_Dash_8_Series|Dash 8 Series]] did better and by the end of the 1990s the [[GE Dash 9 Series|Dash 9 Series]] established a market lead which the [[GE_Evolution_Series|Evolution Series]] extended.

In the spring of 2007, GE Transportation Systems rolled out a prototype [[Hybrid vehicle|hybrid]] [[Diesel–electric transmission|diesel–electric]] locomotive to increase [[fuel efficiency]] and reduce emissions. In September 2010, GE Transportation announced plans to commercialise a hybrid design by 2014–15.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/ge-hybrid-locomotive-ready-for-the-market-in-2014-15.html|access-date=2010-09-23|title=GE hybrid locomotive ready for the market in 2014–15|website=[[International Railway Journal]]|date=2010-09-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926155450/http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/ge-hybrid-locomotive-ready-for-the-market-in-2014-15.html|archive-date=2010-09-26}}</ref>

On July 27, 2017, GE Transportation announced that all production of locomotives would move from [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], to [[Fort Worth, Texas]], by the end of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/ge-transportation-to-end-locomotive-production-in-erie.html|title=GE Transportation, a Wabtec company to end locomotive production in Erie|date=July 27, 2017|website=[[Railway Gazette International]]|access-date=August 24, 2017|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807085142/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/ge-transportation-to-end-locomotive-production-in-erie.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, following the merger with Wabtec, the Erie plant remained open as operations from the former [[MotivePower]] plant in [[Boise, Idaho]], were consolidated at Erie. <ref>[https://www.railwaygazette.com/business/wabtec-to-close-motivepower-plant/54623.article Wabtec to close MotivePower plant] ''[[Railway Gazette International]]'' September 21, 2019</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/41072366/wabtec-to-close-locomotive-manufacturing-company-in-boise-consolidate-operations-into-erie-site|title=Wabtec to Close Locomotive Manufacturing Company in Boise, Consolidate Operations into Erie Site|website=www.erienewsnow.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}</ref>