Rail operators
For railways that keep EMD, ALCO and GE fleets in service long after the OEM channel stopped prioritising them: tender ready quotations, engineering verification on every line, and the documents a procurement desk needs to award, clear and audit the order.
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engine builders: EMD, ALCO, GE
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engine families in daily work
9,000+
part numbers listed, more on request
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continents delivered to
The situation on most networks we supply
The fleet is a mix: 645 and 710 powered units from different decades, ALCO 251 units built under licence, GE 7FDL units bought in the nineties, some re-powered, most overhauled several times. The parts books are old editions. The OEM channel quotes long lead times and minimum quantities, or does not answer. The maintenance budget is fixed by the ministry, the tender rules are strict, and the workshop still has to turn units out on Monday.
Procurement in that setting is an engineering problem before it is a commercial one: which variant is actually in the frame, which number is current, which alternative is safe, and how to write that into a tender the audit office will accept.
Key considerations for railway procurement
Nameplate model and rating decide the parts list, not the locomotive class. Re-powered units carry a different engine than the class register says. We ask for nameplate photographs with every enquiry and quote the series on every line, so a 645 head never arrives for a 710 frame.
A share of every parts book is superseded or discontinued. We quote the current number, state the superseded one and, where nothing genuine exists, propose a qualified alternative with a written verification record and a twelve month warranty. Your tender file shows the chain.
Quotations follow your schedule line by line, in your format, with condition, lead time, origin and documents stated, priced in your currency and valid for the period your rules require. Certificates are itemised, not buried in a clause.
Every request is screened against Canadian export controls before quotation. Certificates of origin, packing lists in your customs format and legalisation where your country requires it are handled from Concord.
USD, CAD or EUR; letters of credit workable; validity to your tender terms; split awards and partial shipments accepted so urgent lines move first.
How Simor works a railway fleet
How an enquiry runs
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Send the list
Part numbers, a spreadsheet, a tender extract or a photo; the site reads documents and shows the lines for your approval.
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Engineering check
Every line verified against model and application; discontinued items get a qualified alternative in writing.
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Quotation with documents
Condition, lead time, origin, price and the certificates you asked for, on your Incoterm, normally within two working days.
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Delivery and support
Inspection before packing, documents ahead of the goods, one engineer available after delivery.
What we supply to railways
EMD 645 and 710
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Power assemblies, heads, liners, injectors, turbochargers, blowers, bearings, cooling and lubrication, electrical. Series stated on every line.
ALCO 251 and 244
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Licensed builds share most parts; we verify against the builder's parts book and the engine serial, not the locomotive class.
GE 7FDL and FDL-16
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Power assemblies, fuel system, turbochargers, cooling and the electrical items around the engine.
Traction and electrical
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Traction motor components, main generator parts, contactors, relays and cabling to the locomotive class.
Air, brake and auxiliaries
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Compressors, brake valves, cooling fans, radiators and the consumables that stop a unit for lack of a small item.
Overhaul kits
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Scoped by measured condition and the workshop's capacity, phased and consolidated for one document pack.
Beyond the parts order
Questions we are asked
- Can you quote against our tender format?
Yes. Send the schedule as issued; the quotation follows it line by line with the fields your rules require.
- Do you accept letters of credit?
Yes. Terms are quoted with the quotation; we work with your bank's requirements rather than imposing ours.
- What happens with a part you cannot source?
The line is returned as not available with the reason, and where possible a qualified alternative with its verification record. Nothing is quoted that we cannot deliver.
- Can we audit you before award?
Yes. Second party audits at Concord by arrangement; the ISO 9001 certificate is available for the vendor file.
Send the tender schedule or the parts list; every line comes back verified, with documents itemised.
Request a quoteSend us your part numbers
Most of what we source never appears online. Add part numbers to your quote list or upload your document and we will quote every line, listed or not. Browse the parts catalog.