GEC Traction
GEC Traction Limited was a British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electric traction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing sites at Manchester, Preston and Sheffield and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Lord Weinstock's General Electric Company plc.
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GEC Traction
GEC Traction Limited was a British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electric traction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing sites at Manchester, Preston and Sheffield and was a wholly owned subsidiary of Lord Weinstock's General Electric Company plc.
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GEC Traction Limited was a Bri ...... General Electric Company plc.
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Subsumed withinAlstom
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Mechanical and electrical engineering
key people
John Legg, Keith Appelbee
predecessor
English Electric-AEI Traction Limited
products
Railway traction equipment
successor
GEC Alsthom Traction Ltd., later Alstom Traction Ltd., later Alstom Transport
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GEC Traction Limited was a Bri ...... General Electric Company plc.
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GEC Traction Limited
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