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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTION 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                                       Commission File Number    0-23802
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                          MOTIVEPOWER INDUSTRIES, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Two Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
                                 (412-201-1101)
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                  registrant's principal executive offices)

                         Common Shares, $0.01 par value
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           (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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 (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                    under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)



Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

        Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)    [x]          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)       [x]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)      [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)    [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)       [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)      [ ]
                                            Rule 15d-6                [ ]



Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:                                NONE

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Name of
registrant as specified in charter) has caused this certification/notice to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.


Date:    November 19, 1999             By: /s/ William F. Fabrizio
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                                           Name :  William F. Fabrizio
                                           Title:  Senior Vice President and CFO