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One of the most disputed topics on any railfan site. A couple of thoughts. I don't really pay attention to railfans opinions on any kind of locomotive performance(unless they quote industry info,but many can't differentiate between aesthetic and empirical arguments). The only people who have anything meaningful to say on the topic are actual railroaders. But even among them there is a lot of dispute over which manufacturer makes better engines. From the industry end of things,EMD has been losing out to GE in recent years due largely to customer service and production capability problems. They also had immense engineering problems with their new generation of prime movers,and seemed to stumble over this far worse than GE(who have also had trouble with the AC6000CW and it's new technology prime mover). The whole EMD rules,GE stinks thing is somewhat silly. Older railfans blame GE for finishing off Alco(my response-1.overly simplistic argument 2.really it was EMD who wound up with most of Alco's business 3.we call that Free Enterprise). If you ever read old issues of railroad magazines you'll see a similiar argument,but back then it was "Steam rules,Diesels stink". Pre Dash 7(some say Dash 8) GE's were vastly inferior to then current EMD products,GE has done a lot to bridge the gap since then.
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