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You certainly did not see in my writing that I stated that railroads produce anything but transportation (unless it is bad will from the ineptitude and malice of a few of its engineers and conductors, they have cost us millions of dollars in product recalls and lost production because of falsified documentation provided with delivered railcars, but that is not just a railroad problem I have had the same experience with truckers). The service I purchase off of railroad, and trucking companies, is not provided to me by the shop personnel as you infer. I do not and will not directly pay for repairs of any transportation equipment. It is not my concern. I pay for transportation, period. I have NEVER stated, or implied, that I am a locomotive engineer. I am, as I said, a customer. And that makes me one of the people who ultimately pays the wages of the true railroaders. Nor do I claim to be a major customer, we receive 5 to 10 carloads a week. And yes, I am also currently an investor in rail stocks, and so in effect, a boss of your management. As a customer I do not care at all who's locomotives are providing the power, so long as my raw materials arrive on time. As an investor it also does not matter to me who's locomotives are purchased, as long as it is the best all around financial deal. And right now that appears to be GE. As to your last sentence, if you have indeed invested your retirement with GM stock instead of GE stock I feel very sorry for you. I expect that you will be working for many, many more years. GM has been very poorly managed, while GE is extolled by the experts as one of the best run companies in the world, if not the absolute best. Don't take my word for it, do your own research and prove me wrong. You will not be able to. GM does now appear to be turning a corner and improving its operations. If this extends to EMD great, it will only be for everyone's benefit. But it appears that EMD is not in GM's future. In spite of what you and many other people in this thread say, your management is not stupid. They must purchase the best all around locomotives available in order to stay in business, and keep their and your jobs. So even if these locomotives are not perfect in the view of the engineers, there are many other factors (such as initial price, financing, bundling of services, and responsibility for repairs) which is currently is making GE locomotives a superior investment to GM locomotives. The number of locomotives sold by each tells this story very well. Call me and the few other reasonable people on this thread any names you want, if it makes you feel better. That will not alter the hard financial facts, which you seem unwilling or unable to acknowledge. But consider, if you must resort to name calling to make a point, then it is obvious that you do not have a valid point to make.
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