Via actually placed an order though.
What I'm asking is why the sudden change of heart from ordering these EMD's in the latter part of 2000, to cancelling and starting to take delivery on Genesis units in 2001.
Anyone know what went down?
Edit: While the question still stands, the October 2002 issue of Trains has a story on this model and a list of orders for it. The Via Rail order is noted as "Contract never signed".
Obviously, Via changed their decision late, but that does clarify that the order wasn't actually 100% official.
Was it perhaps delivery time, as 16-567D3A speculates?
