MK RAIL CORP
8-A12G/A, 1996-08-30
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                                   FORM 8-A/A
                                 Amendment No. 3
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               MK RAIL CORPORATION
                               -------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Delaware                              82-0461010
                --------                              ----------
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

       1200 Reedsdale Street
           Pittsburgh, PA                                          15233
           --------------                                          -----
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:   None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


Title of each class                             Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered                             each class is to be registered
- -------------------                             ------------------------------

Share Purchase Rights                                        None














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         This  Amendment  No. 3 on Form 8-A/A amends the Form 8-A filed with the
Securities and Exchanges Commission (the "Commission") by MK RAIL CORPORATION, a
Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  on January 26, 1996, as amended by the
amendment on Form 8- A/A filed with the Commission on April 25, 1996, as further
amended by the amendment on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on July 3, 1996
with respect to the Company's Share Purchase  Rights under the Rights  Agreement
dated January 19, 1996, as amended.

Item 1.           Description of Securities to be Registered

         Item 1 is  hereby  amended  and  supplemented  by  adding  thereto  the
following:

         On July 24, 1996,  the Board of  Directors of the Company  approved the
execution  and  delivery of a Third  Amendment  dated as of July 25, 1996 to the
Rights  Agreement  dated as of January 19, 1996,  as amended as of April 5, 1996
and as of June 20,  1996  between  the  Company  and  Chase  Mellon  Shareholder
Services,  L.L.C.  (formerly  known  as  Chemical  Mellon  Shareholder  Services
L.L.C.), as Rights Agent (the "Third Amendment").  A copy of the Third Amendment
is attached hereto as Exhibit 4 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.           Exhibits.

         The Exhibit Index appearing on page 4 hereof is incorporated  herein by
reference.




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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Third Amendment to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  August 30, 1996

                                        MK RAIL CORPORATION


                                        By:      /s/ William D. Grab
                                                 -------------------
                                        Name:  William D. Grab
                                        Title:  Vice President, Controller and
                                                 Principal Accounting Officer



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


 Exhibit No.          Description                                          Page
 -----------          -----------                                          ----

     1.               Rights Agreement dated as of January 19,               *
                      1996 between MK Rail Corporation and
                      Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services,
                      L.L.C., as Rights Agent
     2.               Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of             **
                      April 5, 1996 between MK Rail Corporation
                      and Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services,
                      L.L.C., as Rights Agent
     3.               Second Amendment to Rights Agreement                  ***
                      dated as of June 20, 1996 between MK Rail
                      Corporation and Chase Mellon Shareholder
                      Services, L.L.C. (formerly known as
                      Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services
                      L.L.C.) as Rights Agent

     4.               Third Amendment to Rights Agreement dated              4
                      as of July 25, 1996 between MK Rail
                      Corporation and Chase Mellon Shareholder
                      Services, L.L.C. (formerly known as
                      Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services
                      L.L.C.) as Rights Agent



*    Included as Exhibit 1 to  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated January
     25, 1996 filed by MK Rail  Corporation;  such  Exhibit is  incorporated  by
     reference herein.

**   Included  as Exhibit 2 to Form 8-A/A  Amendment  No. 1 dated April 24, 1996
     filed by MK Rail  Corporation;  such Exhibit is  incorporated  by reference
     herein.

***  Included  as Exhibit 3 to Form 8-A/A  Amendment  No. 2 dated June 20,  1996
     filed by MK Rail  Corporation;  such Exhibit is  incorporated  by reference
     herein.




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                               MK RAIL CORPORATION
                                 THIRD AMENDMENT
                            DATED AS OF JULY 25, 1996
                TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JANUARY 19, 1996
                       AND AMENDED AS OF APRIL 5, 1996 AND
                               AS OF JUNE 20, 1996

         AMENDMENT  dated  as of July  25,  1996 to the  Rights  Agreement  (the
"Rights Agreement") dated as of January 19, 1996 and amended as of April 5, 1996
and as of June 20, 1996 between MK Rail Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  and Chase Mellon Shareholder  Services,  L.L.C.,  formerly known as
Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. (the "Rights Agent").
         Pursuant  to  resolutions  adopted  by the  Board of  Directors  of the
Company on July 24, 1996 and the  authority  vested in the Board of Directors of
the  Company  by Section 27 of the Rights  Agreement,  the Rights  Agreement  is
hereby amended as follows:
         Subsection  l-3 of Section 1 of the Rights  Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
                  (l-3) "MK  Creditors"  shall mean the  creditors of MK who are
         designated  to receive  Common  Shares of the Company in any case under
         Title  11 of the  United  States  Code or as a result  of any  creditor
         foreclosure.  The term MK Creditors  shall also include the Liquidating
         Trust and  equity  holders  of MK who are  designated  or  entitled  to
         receive  Common Shares of the Company in any case under Title 11 of the
         United States Code.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

Attest:                                  MK RAIL CORPORATION
                                       
By___________________                    By: ________________________________
  Name:                                      Name:
  Title:                                     Title:
                                       
Attest:                                  CHASE MELLON SHAREHOLDER
                                         SERVICES, L.L.C.
                                       
By___________________                    By: ________________________________
  Name:                                      Name:
  Title:                                     Title:
                                       
                           
                               
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