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Mr. Hemphill, just read your excellent article on EMD's new SD-70ACe. What impressed was you addressed the long held industry beliefs and rumors on how GE surpassed EMD in sales. Also, you addressed an issue that has been out there, but it has been clouded in other issues---The SD-50. You are absolutely right,the biggest disappointment in the SD-50 was that it was not a quantatative improvement over the SD-40-2. This allowed GE, who was improving their DASH-8, to bring to market a product of equal quality with a new angle of sales presentation. This was great insight on your part on your part. On each company's atitude toward their respective divisions- you are on the money. I grew up in Detroit , and my family has been a GM stockholder for over 60 years.You had to look really hard to find any information on EMD in the GM-Detroit media.Also, I have attended annual stockholders meetings in the past and they never talked about EMD, it business or any or it's accomplishments. What really amazes me is that many people who look at GM, hold stock or apply for skilled positions don't have a clue GM builds one of best locomotives in the world. Who's fault is this? This is sad and a shame because at this very moment this division and it's people are in a position to see the fruits of their efforts pay off with a model that is the most importent since --as you said when *** Dilworth brought out the GP-7 in the late 40's early 50's . It has been a painful path the last 15 years with the closing of theLAGRANGE production , possible selling of the division at last count--3 times, GM on the verge of bankruptcy in the early 90's which greatly starved product development and the forced early retirements of many good experience people. So as you can see this over night success has come with a price. Yet through all of this----they bring to the market AC drive, safety cabs, radial trucks, deep advancements of electronics in the locomotive operations, state of the art seamless parts and supply delivery system that is tied directly with each of their customers parts and supply systems and development of the revolutionary modular design of the SD-70ACe. This overnight success was the culmination of 17 years of hard work by a great group of people. I love EMD; to me this division represents the best that GM has to offer. I really believe the current staff of people at EMD are trully dedicated to see the SD70ACe succeed; they got it right !!Now,it's time to go after it ! *** Dilworth I think would agree. Sincerely T-time Winter Haven, Fl.
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