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Mark- Can we take from this that you owned (in whole or part) a short line? Tell us more details...(please) LC [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Mark W. Hemphill Dear Kevin: Actually I DID own EMDs. And GEs. And Alcos. (A long time ago, to be sure.) I bought them all, I sold them all, I worked on them all, I thought they were all interesting, I learned something from everyone of them, and they all had their place. I hope not to offend you by saying this, but one has to be very practical in these matters, and to me, at the time, it was all an economic equation. My company preferred EMDs because they were common, inexpensive, easy, and customers liked them. But make no mistake: Alco made a very good product for some applications, particularly switch engines (ask Relco), and GE came to make a very good product too (ask any Class I). Let me repeat this: no one in the railroad business who has their job on the line would be so foolish as to allow any known bias in the selection of locomotives. People can and do make mistakes of judgement. But who would be so stupid as to throw money off a bridge -- on purpose? Because that is what a bias is! Please introduce me to that person, so I can catch the money. I need it! [/quote]
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