Electro-Motive plant shut by U.S. owner

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6. I feel for my Union brothers and sister's at Electro-Motive.

More good paying job's down the shitter for profit.

I have to be honest though. I work for a large railroad, and have worked on both Electro-Motive and General Electric locomotives. GE makes a FAR superior product, and they are built with Union labor in Erie Pa.

Not that this is a put down against the working people who assemble the unit's. They do a fine job with what they are given. The problem lies in management, and engineering. They are still using the same engine they have used since the early '80's. And they wonder why the government forces the railroad's to buy their product.

Didn't know that, huh? It's true, GE would have put EMD out of business years ago, but the government stepped in and FORCED the major railroads to buy unit's from EMD. They were afraid that having only one manufacturer would monopolize the market, true that. However, it allows EMD to continue producing a inferior product and stay in business.

Again to my Canadian Union borthers and sisters, sorry about the loss.