EMD currently maintains over 1,600 locomotives in the United Stated, Canada and Mexico. We have a proven track record of improving and maintaining locomotive performance while providing competitive and predictable maintenance costs. Some of the benefits resulting from EMD Maintenance Services include.

	Predictable Costs One of the primary benefits a railroad receives by taking advantage of EMD's Maintenance Services is that of predictable costs. EMD assumes the financial risk associated with all aspects of locomotive maintenance and provides the railroad with the knowledge that there will be no unplanned costs for materials, establishment of core pools, shop supplies and other indirect costs depending on final configuration.
	Guaranteed Performance Levels EMD's Maintenance Services focuses on the improvement of two very important performance measures; locomotive availability and reliability. These two measurements are a major part of the building blocks of locomotive utilization. EMD's Maintenance Services organizations quickly become an integral part of the total railroad operation, with our success being measured in part by the success of our customers.
	Standard Processes EMD Maintenance Services continually develop and improve on maintenance practices. Standard procedures applied to the management of locomotives worldwide allow us to track trends in performance and develop best practices worldwide, what we learn in one operation often benefits many others. Our commitment to standard operational processes has allowed us to completely turn around the performance of previously under performing locomotive fleets. The discipline to apply best practices from basic record keeping to application of sophisticated Condition Based Maintenance technologies are at the heart of the Maintenance Services business.