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Five states formally award $228 million contract for new locomotives

(Source: International Railway Journal, March 18, 2014)

NEW YORK -- The Illinois Department of Transportation has formally awarded a $US 228m contract to Siemens and Cummins to supply 32 diesel-electric locomotives for use on Amtrak services in the states of Illinois, California, Michigan, Missouri and Washington.

Full story: International Railway Journal

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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