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Wabash [:)] <br /> <br />Thanks for your comments. This is EXACTLY what I am trying unsuccessfully to get Kevin to see. Every company has a product they are not especially fond of and some that are good. We consistently hear of the poor quality of GE locos. Yet they are selling them. Even though the product is not a leader in quality they are a leader in sales. They are selling a poor quality product but are still in business. Just doesn't make any sense does it? <br />If Alco had been around the last few years they would have been selling locos and could have probally sold a ton of them. I remember being at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in the 90s and seeing the "Rent-A-Wrecks" that SP was using because they could not get hold of all the locos they needed. I remember they had trains setting in yards because they didn't have and couldn't get enought locos to pull them. Would Alco have sold locos in that time frame. Yes they would, if they were still here to sell them. But we had only 2 companies making locos then and they both were "backs to the walls" pushing them out the doors. Was GE a quality product then? A majority of the railroad engineers say "No". Is GE a quality product now? Again, a majority of the railroad engineers say "No". So why hasn't GE stopped making locos and closed its doors. Because railroads are buying them. Because railroads are buying them does that make GE a quality product? NO, it just means the railroads have only 2 choices and need something now. So they buy what they can get a hold of and use it. If a company closes its doors does that mean that is it a bad company or produced bad products. Again, NO. Alco sales were not great during the last years of operations but there were other problems within the company not related to sales. Some of the last locos Alco produced were excellent machines. Many are still around today doing the job they were intended to do, and doing it well. The Alco Century line of locos is a greately sought after prize amoung short lines and regionals. Why, because they were built well and do the job, and they are cheaper to buy. (And let's not forget the Century line was a good looking loco.)
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