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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan The only decent 4 axle GE units are the P-42 which is designed for passenger service. GE sells nothing else from what I have seen on GE's website. I would imagine that the P-42 would be excellent roadrailer power. [/quote] Andrew - As usual, you are WAY off base. There are several types of GE 4 axle freight units that are decent untis. They tend to have more maintenance needs then some of the EMDs, but as far as pulling power and fuel efficiency they are at least as good, if not better than their EMD counterparts. For example the Conrail B23-7s and Conrail (former Monogahela) B23-7Rs are good units. I know of one short line that replaced some of their EMD GP9/10s with B23-7s and are experiencing as much as a 25% fuel cost savings, very important in these times of high fuel prices, particularly for smaller roads that don't use enough fuel to be able to utilize hedging or bulk purchasing to mitigate the costs. The B36-7s and B40-8s aren't too bad either although they don't get as much of a fuel saving. Also, the GEs are 4-cycle turbocharged engines versus EMDs 2- cycle so in the higher horsepower (3,000 and up) there is additional power and actually less cost as the EMD turbos are much more often a maintenance issue and tend to be n issue much more often. You might want to try some reading again, before blundering into a new area... LC
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