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FOR RELEASE: November 17, 2005
 

EMD Wins Sale of Passenger Sets for GO Transit Through Wabtec


LaGrange, Illinois - Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is proud to announce its selection as a supplier to Wabtec Corporation’s (NYSE: WAB) MotivePower division for the supply of complete traction systems for 27 new commuter locomotives for GO Transit, a transit system in Ontario, Canada. Wabtec recently announced the total value of its contract with GO Transit as US$112 million. The contract includes 26 option locomotives for an additional US$105 million, or a total of US$217 million. The locomotives will be built at MotivePower's Boise, Idaho facility, with work scheduled to begin in the first half of 2006 and deliveries are scheduled for 2007 through 2008.

The locomotives will contain a number of major components produced by Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., including diesel engines, generators, traction motors and microprocessor control equipment. The engine is EMD’s service proven and highly reliable 16-710 4,000 HP EPA emissions compliant Tier 2 engine, which will be the first Tier 2 application in a passenger locomotive in North America. GO Transit, officially named the Greater Toronto Transit Authority, is Canada's first and Ontario's only interregional public transit system. It links the city of Toronto with the surrounding area and carries 45 million passengers per year by train and bus. 140,000 riders take GO trains daily.
 
About Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.:
Founded in 1922, Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is one of two U.S. original equipment manufacturers of diesel-electric locomotives. Headquartered in LaGrange, Illinois, with additional facilities in London, Ontario, EMD designs, manufactures and sells diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications and has sold its products in more than 70 countries worldwide. The Company is the only diesel-electric locomotive manufacturer to have produced more than 70,000 engines and has the largest installed base of diesel-electric locomotives in both North America and internationally. In addition to its locomotive manufacturing activities, EMD has an extensive aftermarket business offering customers replacement parts and a range of value-added services for its locomotives. The Company is also a global provider of diesel engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land-based oil well drilling rigs, and stationary power generation. In April 2005, Greenbriar Equity Group LLC, Berkshire Partners LLC, and certain related parties acquired EMD from General Motors Corporation. Additional information may be found at www.EMDiesels.com.
 
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact: Scott Garman
+1 (708) 387-5041
scott.garman@EMDiesels.com