The Government -- Westinghouse vs GE equipment

[Kenneth and Tracie Josephson]

"Fred W. Schneider III" wrote:

> Why not a 100% fleet from one supplier?  There were many of them.  Cleveland was all
> Westinghouse.  Dallas too.  Birmingham also.  Cincinnati had one GE car and 76
> Westinghouse units.  Illinois Terminal was all GE.  Johnstown all Westinghouse.  All
> of the wartime LA cars were GE but the prewar P class and the postwar P3s were
> Westinghouse.  Louisville was all Westinghouse.  Pacific Electric's 30 cars came from
> Westinghouse.  San Diego's two orders were 100 percent Westinghouse.  Shaker Heights
> liked GE cars ... only the used Toronto cars were Westinghouse.  In Canada, GE
> couldn't even get the toe-nail off the smallest toe in the door ... Canadian
> Westinghouse captured the entire market.

Wow! That answers my question. Thanks. I guess I should pull out my copies of your books
and re-read them. It's been years since I have.

So a company could order the cars equipped as they wanted them. Perhaps the reason
Pittsburgh went with the 75-25 split will resurface.  Ken J.