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LATE WHITE GM PLATES By Ivan Love and David Thompson

Above: Table I , Plate I; below: Table I , Plate 4

GM LOCOMOTIVE GROUP PLATES 1989-2000

After the Canada - U.S. Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 1989, the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) consolidated locomotive production at the General Motors Die­sel Division (GMDD) plant in London, Ontario. Limited locomotive production at the LaGrange, Ill., plant continued through 1991 and ended in 1992. ow known as the GM Locomotive Group (GMLG), a new GM Locomotive Group builder's plate was introduced coincident with the shift in locomotive production to the Canadian plant. [In mid-December 1995, 1,700,000 sq. ft . of the LaGrange, Ill., plant was advertised for sale. During 1996, several auctions of machinery, machine tools and equipment were held at LaGrange].

The London, Ontario, plant (1949 -2012) had a yearly production capacity of about 400 locomotives. A rise in locomo­tive orders during the decade of the '90s required GMLG to contract out some of the locomotive assembly, from GMLG kits, to other facilities. P lates known to be used during this decade are identified in Table 1.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION PLATES, 2000- 2001

Effective August 12, 2000, GM referred to all parts of the locomotive business as the Electro-Motive Divi­sion of General Motors . The builder's

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TABLE 1: GM LOCOMOTIVE GROUP PLATES, 1989-2000 Plate No. Manufactured Assembled Part No.

1 LaGrange, USA London Canada

2 LaGrange, USA London Canada

3 LaGrange, USA 10596132A London Canada

4 LaGrange, USA Schenectady, N.Y. ? London Canada

5 London Canada Altoona PA 10644981 6 London Canada Schenectadv. N.Y. 10645503 7 • 10645568 8 London Canada Montreal OC 10648941 9 London Canada Calgary, AB ? (no photo)

* No manufacturing or assembly location information shown on the plate; known to have been assembled by Bombardier in Mexico

plate reflected this change. Locomotive production continued at the London, Ontario, plant, with contracting out of locomotive assembly continuing at other facilities. See listing in Table 2.

ELECTRO - MOTIVE, GENERAL MO­TORS CORP. PLATE, 2001

The profusion of builder's plates bearing a variety of assembly locations

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came to an end in 2001 with the intro­duction of an all-encompassing " orth American" builder's plate. As shown in the photo, this plate, measuring 4 in. by 9 in., was smaller than the prior 4 in. by 12 in. plates and did not carry the GMDD logo. Use of this plate was short-lived, however, supplanted by builder plate decals in early 2002. Table 3 lists the known plate. ~

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10644981

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TABLE 2: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. PLATES, 2000-2001 GENERAL MOTORS CORP. PLATE, 2001 Version Manufactured Assembled Part No.

1 • 10660606 2 London Canada Schenectadv. N .Y. 10661867 3 London Canada 10661868 4 Built by MotivePower Co. 40088635-A

in Boise Idaho

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plate; known to have been assembled by Bombardier in Mexico

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