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 Post subject: ACE-3000: Where could you build it?
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:53 am 
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Given the nature of this locomotive, is there one manufacturer in the US which could produce an ACE-3000 today?


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 Post subject: Re: ACE-3000: Where could you build it?
PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:58 pm 

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Being in the UK I can't speak of US facilities but such a beast could be constructed in Europe with different places doing different bits and it all coming together at a central site.

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 Post subject: Re: ACE-3000: Where could you build it?
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I agree with Martyn - it would take a consortium of different suppliers working together, each doing what they do best, to pull off a project of this complexity. I wouldn't limit it to either Europe or America, but the best of all continents.

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 Post subject: Re: ACE-3000: Where could you build it?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:51 am 

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The original plan for ACE was to have most components provided by outside suppliers and assembled in a central location. I'd think any sufficiently large, amply equipped industrial fabrication shop with overhead cranes and rail service would fit the bill.

Do you have something specific in mind? :-)

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