tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294002198733660724.post3066695664110965401..comments2024-01-19T14:36:19.222-05:00Comments on Rockin' On: the Blog: Are London EMD workers facing a Hobson's choice?Rockinonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16466451909515114927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294002198733660724.post-60603716321613402042012-02-10T22:01:58.865-05:002012-02-10T22:01:58.865-05:00I thank Anonymous for the information. I just rece...I thank Anonymous for the information. I just recently became aware of the SSSI plant and the others. I thank Anonymous for spurring me to make the necessary corrections.Rockinonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466451909515114927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294002198733660724.post-33059854077596931012012-02-10T16:38:14.783-05:002012-02-10T16:38:14.783-05:00Well-written article, with one exception. This qu...Well-written article, with one exception. This quote:<br /><br />"Before Progress Rail, and its parent Caterpillar Inc. came on the scene and purchased the entire EMD operation in 2010, all EMD locomotives were assembled in London, Ontario in one plant approximately two thirds the size of the refurbished facility opened in Muncie"<br /><br />...is patently false. Dating back years before GM bailed out of the locomotive business and the London plant in 2005, EMD sub-contracted production to a variety of facilities. There has been a standing agreement with Bombardier Sahagun since 1998, locomotives have been assembled by Super Steel in Schenectedy, NY and there were at least two other contractors and sites including one in St. Catharines. All this before Cat/Progress Rail came on the scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8294002198733660724.post-52989289647419129192012-01-09T19:44:30.074-05:002012-01-09T19:44:30.074-05:00No surprise here. Sean Graham-White wrote in a art...No surprise here. Sean Graham-White wrote in a article for "Trains Special-Locomotive 2011"<br />i quote: "speculation swirls around the company's plans for the Munice operation.EMD has expressed interest in returning to the passenger locomotive business and observers expectproduction at the Munice plant would include passenger orders...... Beyond that,rumors persist that EMD intends to move some-if not all- production from London,Ont plant to Munice once the facility is up and running." (written months ago)<br />It is tough to compete with "third world" rural USA.Horst Jakobnoreply@blogger.com