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It's my understanding that in addition to Ed's comments about spreading the orders over two company's, UP has protected itself by only taking 1/3 of the order if the units are not up to snuff. There has been a great deal of disappointment with the 6000hp units and I think UP wanted a way out if the product wasn't as promised. <br /> <br />The SD90's though are a unit without a cause. Too speciallized for their own good. Brute strength is great, but so is fast, reliable and proven locomotive service. While there really aren't that many SD70M's on the market, the technology is basically the same as the SD40 family so everybody can deal with them easily. <br /> <br />My question to the group here would be not why the SD90 was not picked, but why the GE Dash-9 wasn't. There are certainly far more of these units on railroads today and they are equal to the SD70M is most aspects. Other than spreading out orders between GM and GE I can't think of any other good reason.
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