Many are the ALCo fans who, in part at least, attribute the demise of the company to reciprocation between the railroads and the parents of the locomotive manufacturers; EMD was owned by GM and GE made their own motive power. To help ensure they would get freight from the non-railroad ventures of GM and GE they made sure to buy their locomotives leaving ALCo out in the cold.
Fast forward to present day. GE is still GE. However, up until recently EMD had been on its own as a holding of a financial institution. Now that EMD is the property of a property owned by Caterpillar could we expect to see, improvements in product notwithstanding, more favor by the railroads toward EMD?
Fast forward to present day. GE is still GE. However, up until recently EMD had been on its own as a holding of a financial institution. Now that EMD is the property of a property owned by Caterpillar could we expect to see, improvements in product notwithstanding, more favor by the railroads toward EMD?