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From: jpg@sdchema.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: EMD vs GE
Message-ID: <975@sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-Dec-83 18:48:53 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  4 18:48:53 1983
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      I think the reason EMD had such a large lead for so long
was because of the decisions of the war production board during
WWII that EMD would build all the diesels required for the duration of the
war while ALCO,Baldwin and others were allowed to build
only steam locomotives.