[PRCo] Address

[Greg King]

Hi Derrick,

I thought I had managed to get my new address over to the list, but I'm
still getting any messages.

Any ideas?

Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow at dementia.org>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 4:39 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: And Speaking of Rejected Cars.....


>
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Fred W. Schneider III wrote:
>
> > I have a problem with the statement that most properties realized early
> > on that Westinghouse cars were better.  It sounds like a railfan
> > statement.  If they were indeed better, General Electric would have been
> > out of the business because that was their dominant work at the time.
> > General Electric's rail division remains the largest employer in Erie to
> > this day.
>
> Diesel folks argue this is because GE is the largest financial services
> company in the world, and they give favorable financing terms compared to
> EMD. Also that they carefully control their parts and hence there's no
> rebuild market for GEs, hence you buy a new GE or none, generally.
>
> I'm surprised, though, that Pittsburgh wasn't all-Westinghouse since it
> was local.
>
> -D
>
>
>