Loram Maintenance of Way

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LORAM Maintenance of Way Inc.
legal form Incorporation
founding 1954
Seat Hamel , Minnesota ,United StatesUnited States
management Philip J. Homan (CEO)
Number of employees 800
Branch Rail vehicle construction
Website www.loram.com

The Loram Maintenance of Way Inc. (abbreviated loram ) is an American manufacturer of track maintenance trains headquartered near Minneapolis .

Companies

According to its own information, Loram is one of the world's leading providers of track maintenance trains.

history

The company was founded in Hamel , Minnesota in 1954 .

Since September 2014, there has been a 51% stake in the British special vehicle manufacturer Railway Vehicle Engineering (RVEL). In July 2016 Loram took over the company completely changed its name to it in Loram UK Ltd .

Products

DB-Netz rail grinding train Loram RGI 60 HSM 802

Loram produces rail grinding trains (series C, L, RG and RGI), ballast cleaning machines (series SBC) and trencher machines (series DC). The company also offers their use as a service.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b About
  2. Fact Sheet ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.loram.com
  3. ^ William D. Middleton, Rick Morgan: Encyclopedia of North American Railroads . Indiana Univ Pr, 2007, ISBN 978-0-253-34916-3 , pp. 661 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ Brian Solomon: Railway Maintenance Equipment . Motorbooks International, 2001, ISBN 978-1-61060-668-4 , pp. 97 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. Loram buys RVEL as a base for European expansion. In: Railway Gazette International . July 29, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017 .
  6. Our Service. Loram, accessed January 14, 2017 .