How the SD50 Became The Blunder That Destroyed EMD’s Reputation| Garbage on The Rails Episode 8

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Alongside the failure of Penn Central, the EMD SD50 is one of the most infamous stories in both US railroad history and the history of North America's railways, yet seemingly mover overlooked than Penn Central. When EMD decided to charge an existing prime mover in their SD50 to an output the prime mover was not meant for in order to compete with GE's Dash-7 line, combining power and efficiency, coupled with the SD50's production being rushed, turned the locomotive from what was meant to be the true successor to the legendary SD40-2, to a catastrophic flop that permanently ruined EMD's reputation as a trustworthy locomotive manufacturer it had been known to be since America's transition to diesel locomotives, allowing GE to take the spotlight an eventually topple EMD from the throne of the number 1 locomotive manufacturer in the Americas. GE still holds that title to this day, tanks to their patience and persistence coupled with EMD screwing up the SD50 whilst being pushed to its breaking point. The company has never been the same ever since, and it is now owned by Caterpillar's Progress Rail.

How could such an unthinkable business catastrophe happen out of nowhere? Well find out in this video, through arrogance, bad timing, certain techniques, and some tricks of GE that EMD possibly didn't know about.

This is also the first locomotive on this show that isn't extinct, the first to have examples still in service, and the first to have at least one example preserved.

Links to info
Trainorders.com: https://www.trainorders.com/discussio...
History In The Dark:    • 5 MORE of the WORST TRAINS EVER PART ...  
Worldwide Railfan:    • Rebuilt: Progress Rail PR43C  
Buccaneer Railfanning:    • Engines of CSX: SD50-2 (SD50)  
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD50
American Rails: https://www.american-rails.com/806044...

Link to the modified Kevin MacLeod song:    • Kevin MacLeod Gaslamp fireworks Sped ...  

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0:00-1:12 Intro
1:13-1:48 EMD segway into video
1:49-3:49 Backstory of the SD50
3:50-5:38 The BIG mistake
5:39-6:41 The Problems
6:42-8:00 Origins of the SD50's failure
8:01-11:37 The SD50's Legacy and negative impact
11:38-12:35 How it could have been prevented
12:36-14:42 SD50 fates, rebuilds, and mods
14:43-16:20 Conclusion
16:21-18:40 Outro