AMF Technotransport

AMF Technotransport was a locomotive and railway rolling stock maintenance facility in Pointe Saint-Charles, an area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was originally the Pointe Saint-Charles shops of Canadian National Railways and became a separate subsidiary in 1993 under the name AMF Technotransport. [cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n10_v194/ai_14560775|title=CN's new subsidiary: AMF Technotransport - Canadian National incorporates subsidiary - Brief Article|date=October 1993|work=Railway Age|accessdate=2008-09-11]

In 1995, CN awarded a contract to manage AMF to GEC-Alsthom. [cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31944385_ITM|title=GEC Alsthom Canada. (creates AMF Technotransport Management Inc. with Canadian National)|date=1 Sep 1995|work=Railway Age|accessdate=2008-09-11] In 1996, CN sold AMF to GEC-Alsthom. [cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31944904_ITM|title=GEC Alsthom Canada. (and Canadian National agree to acquire locomotive remanufacturer AMF Technotransport)|date=1 FEB 1996|work=Railway Age|accessdate=2008-09-11] [cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6355711_ITM|title=Canadian National Railways to Sell Repair Subsidiary.(Originated from Traffic World)|date=11 FEB 1996|work=Traffic World via Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News|accessdate=2008-09-11] . GEC-Alsthom subsequently changed its name to Alstom. By 1998, Alstom had dropped the AMF name and identified the facility as Alstom's Montreal remanufacturing centre or its Montreal rail centre. [cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_August_12/ai_50237801|title=ALSTOM Montreal Rail Center Wins GO Transit's First-Ever F-59 Locomotive Overhaul Order|date=August 12, 1998 |work=Alstom Press Release via Business Wire|accessdate=2008-09-11]

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