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O.K., now before anybody gets "bent outta shape", I just want to say that I am NOT an expert, and I'm not sure how many similarities there are between ALCO, and GE, (they did share a lot of traits, even were partners at one time), But, if you have ever witnessed an Alco RS-3 switching cars alongside an EMD Geep, the Alco loads up much faster. I have been an "unofficial" engineer on both Alco S-4's, and EMD SW-1200's. I can report the same for those two also. I understand that GE has, in the interest of emmissions, programmed the fuel flow in such a way as to reduce the amount of smoke that was so common among earlier "U-boats". That is something that is inherent with the 4-cycle diesel. It's called "Turbo-Lag". (More fuel than air, during rapid power increase). Anyone who has seen a tractor-pull, will compare this with the multi-turbo John-Deeres that send a column of black smoke a hundred feet in the air. <br />As for who actually makes the better locomotive, you would have to talk to everybody from engineers, to shop foremen, to cost accountants, to dispatchers, etc,etc, etc.
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