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Post by umtrrauthor on May 13, 2012 17:54:04 GMT -8
Riogrande, Kadee has actually done their PS-2 covered hopper in D&RGW. Most recent catalog number is 8649, road number 18341 and MSRP is $43.95. Street price should be a bit lower. www.kadee.com/ca/ps2/ps2.htmThey've done four other road numbers in the past, all shown as sold out at Kadee but potentially still "gettable" from retailers. www.kadee.com/ca/ps2/ps2b.htm |
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Post by riogrande on May 13, 2012 18:17:39 GMT -8
Yeppers, I've seen it but haven't gotten the 2 bay cement yet. I have an Atlas but it's not as accurate - but a good stand in.
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Post by riggelweg on May 13, 2012 18:26:34 GMT -8
Riggelweg, probably you are right. If Atlas started a litigation with its Chinese manufacturer, its tooling may be in the wrong hands and inactive. I remember that the bank I was working for, in the eighties, established a leasing company in joint venture with a Chinese Province (Guang Dong) to promote export of Italian machinery to China. This leasing company never received any instalment from the Chinese lessors, while the pieces of machinery were already been paid to the Italian manufacturers and owned by the leasing company. Every action to repossess the machinery from the insolvent Chinese lessors was rejected by Chinese Courts and the final solution for the bank was to take a loss and forget doing business with China. Ciao. R. Galiano That's an interesting story. I'm not surprised with the outcome. Although things in China have improved since the 1980s, i.e., its legal systems is westernizing to some extent, it is still very difficult to litigate there. The courts are anti U.S. company and pro Chinese company. Thus, even if a legal claim by a U.S. company has a solid basis in Chinese law, the courts have a strong propensity to decide against the U.S. company. I believe this might be changing, but I'm not sure by how much. |
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Post by riogrande on May 14, 2012 4:55:18 GMT -8
[quote author=riggelweg board=hoforum thread=90 post=1094
Although things in China have improved since the 1980s, i.e., its legal systems is westernizing to some extent, it is still very difficult to litigate there. The courts are anti U.S. company and pro Chinese company. Thus, even if a legal claim by a U.S. company has a solid basis in Chinese law, the courts have a strong propensity to decide against the U.S. company. I believe this might be changing, but I'm not sure by how much.[/quote]
If things are really that bad and risky in China, word would get around that it was dodgy place and unfriendly to business, which is probably the last thing they want. So if China doesn't want US businesses to flee, they need to treat them fairly or have them go to more safe and friendly places.
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Post by riggelweg on May 14, 2012 5:34:42 GMT -8
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