An Update

Well, I was wrong, and I was right. I'll go with the failure first. So a while ago I kinda changed things, retiring the Daily Report in favor of the Weekly Ramble, expecting not to be able to provide daily content as I thought I wouldn't be riding the (T) much anymore. Well, I was wrong about that, so there will be further changes. Specifically, the 'retirement' of the Daily Report is like the the 'retirement' of Brett Favre, short and not very realistic. I will be keeping some of the ideas of the Weekly Ramble, namely talking about more than just standard MBTA rides. Such will commence probably within the next week or so.
Now, on to the thing I was right about. I figured, in the case of the MPI-GE partnership to build the HSP46 locomotives, that GE was primarily interested in getting an order for similar locomotives from Amtrak, to supplement or replace their fleet of aging GE GENESIS locomotives. Well, it seems that this theory is correct, and that GE would very much like an Amtrak order, in which case GE, not MPI, would take the lead in the production contract, building the engines at its Erie plant, and probably cornering the market for Tier III passenger engines, assuming that they work in the first place. If not, oh well, GE would probably use their own design to fill the order. Smart.
Anyway, some changes to come around here, but I'll be sure to keep you posted.

And so it goes, many more days riding forever 'neath the streets of boston.