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NS gives in to the AC era

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Railfan1
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NS gives in to the AC era
Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 5:11 PM

NS #8000 will be the first ES44AC.

 

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trainfan1221
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Posted by trainfan1221 on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 5:19 PM
As we pointed out in a similar post, they already have AC units in the SD80MACs they inherited from Conrail.  But it will be interesting to see if they embrace newer AC power.
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Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 5:20 PM
Just found the earlier post. Sorry for the repeat.
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