Re: News to Me - Progress Rail (CAT) and EMD
Author: Erik H.
Date: 11-02-2011 - 12:43
Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> I always thought that it was a bit unreal that EMD was, at
> least financially, based in Lake Oswego, Oregon,
> not a place that I associate with reality.
Since when was EMD (or any of the other companies mentioned) based in Lake Oswego?
Lake Oswego is certainly a place that is based in "reality"...but the only railroad based company I know of that has anything to do with L.O. is The Greenbrier Companies, which is the parent company of Gunderson, the railcar manufacturer whose main facility is in N.W. Portland.; and Siemens Transportation Systems which has a small office in Lake Oswego (but they are "based" in Sacramento).
Greenbrier has nothing to do with Caterpillar, Progress Rail, EMD, Berkshire Hathaway (I work for a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary), etc.