EMD SD70ACe

[chefjavier]

http://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=79066

I was just wondering how's is the performance & maintenace on this locomotive?

[cnwfan51]

  I will tell you that whoever designed this thing was not a conductor, the seat doesnt move up far enough and with the pacement of the icebox it has taken away about a 1/3 of my desk space

[Gambi80]

I saw a pair on BNSF the other night on a coal train.  The lead one had the sickest horn I've ever heard.  I hope that's not how they all sound....like a sick duck with a mega-phone.

[Paul Milenkovic]

Sick duck with a megaphone?  Well, it got your attention now, didn't it?

One way to get attention is to be loud -- the other way is to be annoying.

[fafnir242]

Just out of curiousity, is there any visual difference between the SD70ACe and the SD70M-2, besides that you'll only see the SD70M-2 in NS paint?lol

[silicon212]

On the fireman/conductor side behind the cab, the ACe will have two rows of inverters, looks like two horizontal grills stacked vertically while the M-2 does not have these.

[beaulieu]

Just out of curiousity, is there any visual difference between the SD70ACe and the SD70M-2, besides that you'll only see the SD70M-2 in NS paint?lol

Canadian National, Florida East Coast, and CIT Leasing also own SD70M-2s. 

[fafnir242]

Just out of curiousity, is there any visual difference between the SD70ACe and the SD70M-2, besides that you'll only see the SD70M-2 in NS paint?lol

Canadian National, Florida East Coast, and CIT Leasing also own SD70M-2s. 

Hmm.  Didn't know that.  I was under the impression that only NS had them....  Wow, I have just been batting 1.000 in my facts this past week.lol  Not really.

 

Oh, btw, thank you silicon212.  No two horizontal grills on the conductor/fireman side.  Got it.  Sounds simple enough.

[rogruth]

No info on the performance and maintanence on this loco?

[CNDR_Cal]

Rumour has it CP is looking a purchasing some.  The tests they have with bnsf 9337 and 9385 have been succesful.

[Wyonate]

No info on the performance and maintanence on this loco?

Here, does this help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD70ACe#SD70ACe

I know I seen something a while back on tractive effort also, I'm looking.  I believe the tractive effort was 157,000 lbs continuous tractive effort and around 191,000 starting.  O, ok, here it is

http://www.emdiesels.com/en/locomotive/na_freight/sd70ace/index.htm

This should answer your question.

 

[Awesome!]

They are running strong and I think FEC bought two units. FEC is thinking in buying a few more...

[n012944]

 

I doubt it.   They might get the Susi Q SD70M's off the I&O, but it is very unlikely they will order any more new locomotives for a while.