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EMD and GE - Why so much anti GE feeling on the list? Light the blue touchpaper and retire
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And at another time a GE rescue an EMD powered train............ <br /> <br />Fact is: The director of motive power in the head office of UP or BNSF made a decision for a model because of pure facts. Not the look or the sound or the "love" of someone for a GE or EMD are the reasons. <br /> <br />The facts the regulate the decision are: <br /> <br /><font size="3"><font color="red"><b>Price <br />Life circle costs <br />Power <br />Tractive effort <br />Reliable <br />Replace existing locomotives (lets say 2 new replace 3 older)</b></font id="red"></font id="size3"> <br /> <br />So in one time GE is the winner and in another time EMD! <br /> <br />UP lease the SD70M´s not because of the look or the sound and BNSF do the same with the Dash 9´s! And the opposite side is NS with the huge fleet of the unique 4.000 hp Dash 9´s <br /> <br />GE and EMD, as BLI, build good locomotives and a locomotive that will have no problems ever is the "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE"!
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