[PRCo] Re: And Speaking of Rejected Cars.....

[HRBran99 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/01 10:32:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
fschnei at supernet.com writes:


> .  If GE was so bad, why
> then did Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Francisco and
> Washington split orders between the two builders up until the end of
> production?  
> 
> 

Provisions in the Federal antitrust laws was the main reason. I was told by 
many people in the PATransit organization during the 1970s that Westinghouse 
controls were far superior. However, US law prevented purchase of controls 
(by PRCo) from only one supplier.

HrB