AMTRAK and ALSTOM have selected LB Steel as the supplier of choice to represent the new AMTRAK High-Speed Bullet Train Project for manufacturers in the Midwest! LB Steel is inviting you to a reception celebrating that in an event to take place at LB Steel on Wednesday, December 4th , at 1:30 PM. 

The purpose of this event will be to highlight Made in America Products for the very first High-Speed Bullet Train in America through a U.S. based company, LB Steel.

This will be a high profile visit involving executives from AMTRAK, ALSTOM, Cook County Officials, and State of Illinois Officials. The media will also be there including news outlets, photographers, and a reporter from the Wall Street Journal.

Highlights of the afternoon’s topic: AMTRAK'S NEXT-GEN ACELA HIGH-SPEED TRAINSETS BY ALSTOM STIMULATES CHICAGOLAND ECONOMY

• Alstom's supplier network for the Acela trainsets not only will move Amtrak customers in the Northeast Corridor at speeds up to 160 mph, but also boosts local economies across the U.S., including DBEs and SBEs.

• The emergence of High-Speed Rail Manufacturing in the U.S. is becoming a reality.

• The wheel assemblies and other components built by LB Steel and other suppliers are produced into the Acela trainsets at Alstom's facility in Hornell, N.Y.

• The Amtrak Acela service trainsets are scheduled to enter service in the Northeast Corridor connecting Boston to Washington, D.C. through New York City in 2021. Prototype testing is set for next year.