can we please let the GE-vs-EMD battle die already.
Baldwin-Lima-Hamiltons Rule! (lol)
Dave Nelson
GREAT IDEA, BUDDY, LET’S START THIS RIGHT NOW. I COMMIT TO NOT CONTINUING THIS DISCUSSION, ANYBODY ELSE?
ok how about a emd -vs -ge battle. on second thought it wouldnt work it takes 2 ge to do the work of 1 emd they already pulled up short.
What we have here is the railroading equivalent of two tribes going to war. Racecar enthusiasts can do it week and and week out when GM and Ford do battle on the race tracks of America - and Australia and New Zealand. Last Sunday I attended the annual GM versus Ford battle when the Aussie Touring Car circus came to New Zealand, along with 80,000 other fans -total population of NZ is 3 million. We all dressed up in our Holden (GM) or Ford gear and for a day played out our battles against our friends and work colleagues as the cars thundered around the track. Then at the end of the day we all went home happy and we put our Holden or Ford corporate gear back into the cupboards for another year. By the way, the overall winner was our local Holden driver. And along the back straight of the racetrack was the main railwayline between New Zealand’s largest cities, with a steady parade of trains pulled by - GM and GE locomotives.
Hi. I couldn’t resist putting your “favorite topic” to the top!!! Now is’t below this one! Should have waited a few more days, and it might have fallen of the page.
Still LoL!!! Tim from Wisconsin
GEs are J-U-N-K
LC
If you guys are going to get rid of a topic, you have to think up a really cool one to take it’s place! And if it causes a little controversy - so much the better!
Mook
I still Vote Thomas the Tank Engine, After wathcing the little Engine that could movie, i find it impossible that it could have made it up that around 100% Grade, so i Vote Thomas the Tank Engine
P.S. limited clear: GE… ALL THE WAY!
As far as this foamer is conerned, any running engine (and some that aren’t running) is a good engine, regardless of who made it.
I hate to quote myself, but…
Here’s what I posted within the Trains.com home page poll thread for favorite modern locomotive. What do you guys think of the march madness idea?
Erik
It’s a good thing EMD doesn’t make light bulbs, I’d have to change brands!!! LMAO
P.S. I think its a great idea Bergie. At least try it once to see how it goes. [8D]
Gotta head out in a few hours for my lovely night local. Hey at least it’ll be cooler. Of course we’ll probably have a “Supertoaster” (Dash-9) for power so switching out 40 cars will take 3 hours…assuming the computer is even working. Hope we don’t burn the toast like last week when the dynamics fried…lol…GE…Ja-JUNK…Ja-JUNK…Ja-JUNK…they make the right sound anyhow…
LC
Hey LC - I saw a new GE AC engine - you know, one of those that has alphabet and numbers instead of something easy to remember like - dasher, dancer, prancer, etc. Anyway - one was coming into the yards and I was flapping my hands and going “look look” - like I had just gotten into loco weed! They are big! Look nice from the side of the road, anyway.
Jen
Jen-
They look nice and on the road they pull pretty well, for a while. They are awful to switch with, the electronic independent brakes (EPIC or similar) are terrible, and the computer lag on power drives the brakie nuts, only good thing about the NS Dash-9s is at least they have a regular AAR control stand and not those lousy desktop things (good way to dislocate a shoulder) oh, and they also have those lousy modified toadstool seats that will take a bit of your kidney if you aren’t careful. Oh, and don’t even get me started on the surveillance camera riding around with you…
LC
Really? I am all ears I mean eyes!
Jen
Drailed1999 this ones for you… and thanks for giving me the idea…
Why doesn’t EMD make lightbulbs?
Because they’d only run for 12 minutes!!
LMAO!!! thanks man
GE lightbulbs don’t even last that long…
We switch the Sylvania Plant where they are smart enough to stick to lightbulbs. Sylvania doesn’t make locomotives…lol
LC
Oh, and another thing, the GE sidewall heaters don’t work with a damn and the A/C fails after about 6 months. And they made the powder room too short so you bump your head if you are over 5’8" tall. Oh, and all the resets are in the wrong places and they move them every time they come out with a new series of locos. EMDs have been the same since the FTs hauled the freight. Now you have to have a laptop and mechanical codes just to limp home after the damn things failed.
LC
matt says peep peep for thomas! Just put your trains on the track and my camera will take your picture.Waving is optional.
stay safe
joe