With the awarding of the BART contract, the 1970s continued to be a time of great productivity.  With the success of BART, Rohr received many similar contracts, and would work on several land transportation products.  In the 1970s, Rohr purchased the Flxible Company which produced buses, and also purchased the Monorail Division of Westinghouse Air Brake Company that designed "people movers."  Additionally Rohr worked on products for Amtrak. 

The manufacturer of the BART cars was a very substantial undertaking.

Some of the "people movers" Rohr worked on were the Mono-cab, the trams at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

A Rohr concept for the suspended people mover.

Rohr also made the people movers at Disneyland and Disneyworld. 

Rohr's connection to Disneyland also included annual family days.

In the mider 1970s, Rohr build seven of these five car RTL turboliners for Amtrak.

Although it never reached commerical success, Rohr worked with French engineers to build the Aerotrain, which was designed to go several hundred miles and hour.

Some of the Transbus designs Rohr worked on in the 1970s

Like most of the nation, the 1970s were also a turbulent time for Rohr.  In 1971. almost half of Rohr's employeess picketed for two months demanding better working conditions.  

As evidenced by these photos, tensions were very high during the strike of 1971.

As the space age continued, so did Rohr's involvement in it.  Rohr worked on both the Titan and Space Shuttle programs. 

Rohr built the large rocket motor cases for the Space Shuttle program.

Rohr produced and tested components for the Titan III-C solid rocket boosters.

Rohr even had its own credit union, which it started in 1941.  

The Rohr credit union as it appeared in 1979.  It is now the very successful Banc of California.

With all this diversification in the 1970s, Rohr still worked on aircraft components. 

Aircraft Rohr worked on in the 1970s include the F-15 and the F-16.

Rohr lead the industry in thrust-reverser development, as shown by this funny cartoon.

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