Easy Confusion

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I felt knowing the origin was informative and now realize that when we were
in California a few years ago, and enjoyed the Napa Valley Wine Train
experience, it also was pulled by MLW locomotives which I am sure our
Canadian friends can appreciate.
Mike Pierry, Jr.

On Tuesday, June 17, 2014, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Personally I think this is rivet counting and splitting hairs taken to the
> extreme. I posted 2 shots of this unit on RailPictures and had several
> people contact me saying that it was an MLW, not an Alco... ok. Technically
> correct. But I dont see people emailing over the thousands of Canadian EMD
> units for CP, CN, etc produced in Canada by Subsidary GMD Canada or
> whatever it was called. I personally wouldnt waste my time doing something
> like that.
> -T. Nolen, TPA, FL.
>
> ---- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Mike:
> >
> > You are correct.  My comment was based on circumstances much later in
> > their respective histories.
> >
> > Thanks for doing the research.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 6/12/2014 4:18:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <javascript:;> writes:
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> >
> > Seems like a quick check of ALCO history on the internet indicates MLW
>  was
> > once a subsidiary. Of course, the complete downhill record of ALCO is
> full
> > of take-overs and loss of important partnerships.
> >
> >
> > Mike Pierry, Jr.
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Jun 12, 2014, at 12:19 PM, NW Mailing List <_nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org_
> > (mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <javascript:;>) >  wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike:
> >
> > You are correct, it's a MLW.  However, they were an independent
>  company, a
> > licensee of ALCO, not a subsidiary.
> >
> > Dave Phelps
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 6/12/2014 11:56:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > _nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org_ (mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
> <javascript:;>)   writes:
> >
> >
> > The CN at Spencer was not an ALCO. I posted this photo to
> > _Railpictures.net_ (http://railpictures.net/)  and in short order  had
> a correction comment
> > submitted advising me that ALCO never made a  FPA-4. They were built by
> MLW
> > (which was, of course, a subsidiary of  ALCO). I corrected my entry but
> note
> > that other, later, posting of the  same loco are calling it an ALCO.
> >
> >
> > Mike Pierry,Jr.
> >
> > Moderator:
> > http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/2014/20140612.MLW_Spencer.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> >
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