Wabtec Corp., the owner of the former GE Transportation plant in Erie, has picked up another order for its newest product, the FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive. The company's last order, placed in ...

More than 15 years have passed since General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt stepped to a microphone in Washington, D.C., to announce plans for a new hybrid locomotive to be built in Erie. The announcement, ...

Alan Hamilton, vice president of engineering for Wabtec Corp., said in a recent interview with the Erie Times-News that the company was in talks with more potential customers for its new ...

Leading locomotive manufacturer General Electric is shifting production of its diesel-electric locomotives from its facility in Erie, Pa., to Texas, and cutting 575 jobs. The company in a statement ...

ERIE — Contract negotiations between the country’s largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking union workers continued in Erie on Thursday, nearly two months after some 1,400 people walked off ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Building 10 at GE Transportation, a massive brick structure where generations of Erie workers have built locomotives, was eerily quiet Friday. It’s no mystery why. “We used to build ...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — GE Transportation says it has signed a $575 million deal with Egypt’s national railway system to provide 100 locomotives. The Erie Times-News reports union leaders are hopeful the ...

General Electric plans to cut 950 jobs at a locomotive plant in Erie, Pa., wiping out most of the site’s recent employment growth, as it shifts some production to a lower-cost Texas factory. The ...