Re: GEs for Victoria?

[telljb@ozemail.com.au (< Tell >)]

"David & Jan Winter" <winterd@icenet.com.au> wrote:
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>< Tell > wrote in message <36eed829.2192903@news.ozemail.com.au>...
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>>One other factor which had a very negative effect on
>>EMD sales was the fact that General Motors put the
>>division up for sale.
>>They eventually changed their minds and sales have
>>steadily improved from an all time low.
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>Tez - that's not the way I read the article in TRAINS on EMD's 75th
>birthday, featuring the new 265H 6000hp 4-stroker. Sales had dropped, GM had
>retreated loco build to GMD London Ontario, then put the whole shebang on
>the market. Of course, confidence (and sales) fell further and when no-one
>wanted the orphan, GM re-adopted it and put some effort into it.
>
>DW


I'm not sure what you mean here o'l mate, we are
talking the same thing, .....are we not.?
The General wanted out, but changed his mind.

----Terry Burton
Alice Springs NT