Exhibit 15.1
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KPMG LLP Aon Center Suite 5500 200 E. Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601-6436 |
September 10, 2018
The Board of Directors
General Electric Company:
| Re: | Registration Statement (No. 333-219657) on Form S-3 and Registration Statements (Nos. 333-53753, 333-39159, 333-02979, 333-115014, 333-137985, 333-41840, 333-40468, 333-35744, 333-89086, 333-179857, 333-219662, and 333-219663) on Form S-8 |
With respect to the subject registration statements, we acknowledge our awareness of the use on Form 8-K of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation of our report dated August 7, 2018 related to our review of interim financial information of GE Transportation (a carve-out business of General Electric Company).
Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm, or a report prepared or certified by an independent auditor within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
Yours truly,
/s/ KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
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