One thing that I've heard from various sources is that railroads were
dissatisfied with EMD's early wheel slip control. The CP was so
dissatisfied with their first order of SD40's that MLW became their
primary supplier for quite some time afterwards!
Thank you kindly,
Mike Matalis
Downers Grove IL
On Apr 30, 2008, at 7:12 PM, bigbearoak wrote:
> Ed -
>
> Thank you for a very cogent and interesting explanation.
>
> Could you elaborate on your statement that "...many roads were fed
> up with the tactics
> and products of EMD..."? Not too hard to guess about "tactics," but
> what were the
> substantive complaints about their "motors?" Knowing little about
> the history of diesels, I
> guess I'd assumed EMD was the standard - if not the gold standard,
> then at least by
> reputation more reliable than its competitors. Is that just a myth?
> Did they get lazy and
> arrogant after crushing BLH, FM and ALCO? Or were there basic
> problems with their
> designs?
>
> Grateful for any further clarification (however brief or long you
> wish).
> Jonathan Harris
>
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