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For more than a century, Erie has been associated with locomotives and — in recent years — efforts to build locomotives that are more efficient and create less pollution. Most of that history is focused around the former GE Transportation plant, which was purchased by Wabtec in 2019. The company introduced the new, more energy-efficient Evolution locomotive in 2005 and the first Tier 4 locomotive in 2016. More recently, engineers and hourly union workers in Erie designed and built FLXdr...