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If EMD does cease building new locomotives I doubt that it will be long before you see someone else jump into the 2nd builder slot. Yes it takes mega bucks to be a "do everything well and do it ourselves" builder like EMD and GE. But there are a number of builders in the US who already make a living off of assembling locomotives diesel engines, alternators, and controls from other manufacturers. It doesn't take the same level of investment to be an assembler as to be a totally integrated builder. So the field is much easier to enter than you might suppose. <br /> <br />If EMD is out of the picture and someone were to build locomotives using say, Caterpiller engines, Kato alternators, Woodward controls, etcetera, I am sure that one of the Big Four would give the upstart an order. To shake up GE, if for nothing else. As long as EMD is extant as a builder, looking for someone else is unnecessary.
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