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[quote user="GP40-2"]My theory is that after the B&O's new diesel request was turned down, they used their political clout with the War Department (after all, Washington D.C. was their backyard) to get the EM1 design approved for production.[/quote] -interesting and plausible theory.The years stood yet not still, and with a late 2-8-8-4 design the B&O take much of it as an advantage, which seemed to have been paid out. -The doom for UP-engines was, all the 800, 3900 and 4000 class was, at the end of WW2, accumulated running and maint. cost. was quite a percantage ( 3/4 or so ) of their whole purchasing costs... running those 4000 class especially, though they moved quite some tons.They had the facility anyway ( mostly Cheyenne ), but after steam disappeared, I can tell exactly what happened with the RR-Town......1963, there was little left of it ;-)-I very appreciate, that your nice Big Country still give nice reserve places for Big Engines... lars
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