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just to add something here, I am enjoying reading all these posts, I am still on the 3rd page, and will continue to read through them all, This is good stuff. I must add thought, with the first few pages down, it is just plain silly-ness: 1. EMDs load better. Well rocket scientists from around the globe will be astonished to find that a mixed oil/fuel 2-stroke engine can reach max rps way faster than say, oh I don't know, a turbocharged 4-stroke. This is a concept that nobody takes into account. GEs don't load as fast (2-4seconds later, which is NOTHING) because if you knew anything at all about a turbine it takes power to make power, and the turbo spooling up is the delay, and EMD 2-cycle have absolutly nothing holding them back from lightning fast full throttle, because the turbo is in a sense feeding itself off the oil/fuel mixture. Simple engine machanics. 2. This garbage about GE should have stuck to making toasters. If you were comparing GE to say some German engineering company, I would agree, let the people who know do the job, not GE, stay to making toasters. But we are comparing them to General Motors, a company which makes auto of all sorts, and to think for a minute that these autos are better than any other autos out there would be crazy. I really don't think it matters if GE makes appliances, or if the make jet engines, GM makes heaps of metal on wheels that have absolutly nothing precise, nothing. I am sure all of you GM gurus out there are gonna let me know about the way you feel, but I won't even waste my time reading. I have a 1996 S-10, and let me tell you about how brilliant the engineers were that made the heap of scrap. Sure, now they make escalade and Hummers and the like, well it's not hard to copy.................................. 3. Reliability and past performance. Some locos undergo the most harsh conditions on this planet, and some of you operating them have no idea where or what they have been put through, so when a couple break down, it's all of a sudden the manufacturer of the loco at fault, when it is almost every-time the RRs lack of attention and maintainence. As for the ancient SD40-2s, they are great machines, but thier time is gonna come. It is true they are reliable, I witness this all the time watching them pull and push HUGE trains. They have been overhauled, refurbished, and maintained to do so. If you took any locomotive that parts were as numerous and inexpensive as for the SD-40-2s, you could make them just as reliable. Many more opinions to come as I read through this quality forum. Thanks for all of your input everyone.
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