M-K: "MADE IN U.S.A."

Morrison-Knudsen has been holding its own in winning passenger railcar orders although it is the sole US-owned passenger railcar maker. Although M-K is considered the global leader in remade passenger railcars and locomotives, its expansion into new car output is a continuation of its growth efforts. A spokesman for M-K's car shop in Hornell, NY, said the firm's workers are still enhancing and expanding output capacities. Part of M-K's future may hinge on decisions made by the US government. M-K thinks that the government could help it with some foreign markets including Taiwan, which M-K would encourage due to the trade balance issue. M-K feels it is ready for such events as magnetic levitation technology, although that particular technology is expected to be tackled further in the future. However, M-K would be interested in providing what is necessary if the maglev demand should come about.

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• Publication Date: 1990-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 48-50
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Industries; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Passenger trains
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00600424
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM