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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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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by tree68</i> <br /> <br />It's probably safe to say that ALCO failed not so much because they didn't have a good product, just that they didn't have the right product at the right time, or perhaps not enough of the right product at the right time. <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I don't understand.. did the locomotive not push or pull proerly.. what makes a locomotive not good for its time?? <br /> <br />What makes the "right" product for the "right" time..? <br /> <br />They didn't have square wheels, like 7 Century Bc, <br /> <br /> they didn't hover above the tracks, possibly in the year 3000 <br /> <br />It pushed and pulled and smoked...a lot. <br /> <br />If ALCO was as good as everyone makes it out to be, It should still be present in todays common era or todays society.. <br /> <br />MLW is long gone, packed up in 1986 <br /> <br />Freight trains till continue to this day... <br />So somehting made theri products unworthy, and they couldn't compete, therfore they pulled an Enron special. <br /> <br />Now, the billion dollar question.. why did they fold up like an old card table? <br />
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