BNSF EMD SD70ACE
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EMD SD70 series: Information from Answers.com
The EMD SD70 was a series of diesel-electric locomotives produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division from 1992 to December 2005 .
All SD70 models up to the SD70ACe and SD70M-2 have the HTCR Radial truck, rather than the HT-C truck ; the self-steering radial truck was designed to allow the axles to steer in curves, reducing wear on the wheels and railhead.
With the introduction of the SD70ACe and SD70M-2, in an effort to reduce cost EMD introduced a new bolsterless non-radial HTSC truck as the standard truck for these models.
Models GM-EMD has produced several different models in the SD70 series for different customer requirements..
This locomotive model is also built for export, and is still catalogged by EMD (at 4300hp).
Since CVRD track is gauged at 1600 mm, a wider bogie, the HTSC2, was designed for these units by EMD.[2] .
The majority of SD70MAC models were produced with 4000 horsepower (2, 980 kW) EMD Model 710 prime movers, while later-production SD70MACs are rated at 4300 horsepower (3, 210 kW) and feature SD45 -style flared radiators.
The SD70MAC is no longer produced due to EPA regulations and has been replaced by the SD70ACe.
SD70ACe CSX SD70Ace # 4845 leads train Q410 through South Plainfield, NJ in Feburary 2005.
BNSF EMD SD70ACE
BNSF 8822 on a long unit coal train off the Kansas City Terminal tracks, through 29th Street Interlocking, and onto the old Frisco/Katy route south..
Despite BNSF’s new ‘Swoosh’ style colour scheme having been launched some months previously, I was never quite in the right place at the right time to get a picture of a loco in that livery..
BNSF 9393 on the business end of a southbound coal train at Hall-Sat 2 Interlocking..
The damn things are ten a penny now in the USA: the BNSF corporate rebranding machine is frightening when it kicks into action!.
9962) at the BNSF Terminal, Galesburg, Illinois, on May 20th, 2006.
BNSF7649 working in tandem with a much older GE product, Norfolk Southern D8-40C No.
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new EMD SD70ACE test units on KCS [Archive] - TrainBoard.com
"EMD SD70ACE prototype units GMDX 72 and 73 are on their way from the AAR test center in Pueblo, CO to the KCS at Kansas City on the BNSF.
I think this will be their first use in real service." friscobob March 23rd, 2004, 11:06 PM What, you may ask, is an SD70ACE? Well, according to Sean Graham-White, it is thus:.
"The SD70ACe is the Tier II emissions AC model for EMD.
There are currently four EMD demonstrators --GM70-GM73..
EMD's Tier II emissions DC model will be the SD70M-2 (yes, I'm serious) -- it will replace all DC freight road locomotives in EMD's catalog.
To keep track of EMD71 and EMD72 (the demos), go to the KCS website (http://www.kcsi.com) and use the equipment trace feature.
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EMD SD40T-2 The T-model is a speciel version of the SD40 designed for operation in long tunnels (T = tunnel).
EMD SD70MAC EMD SD70MAC is an AC-version of SD70M.
BNSF has almost 800 of these locomotives for use on heavy coal trains.
EMD SD70ACe One of EMDs newest locomotives with a very 'boxy' design.
This locomotive in many ways look more like a GE than an EMD (nose and fueltanks).
Wide cab EMD style - however some EMD SD90MAC's have a different cab (like the SD70M-2 and SD70ACe).
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