This is good news for EMD. EMD will build new SD70ACe's for the Quebec North Shore & Labrador railroad in Canada and Ferromex in Mexico, and according to the article, deliveries are supposed to be this year. Ferromex's order is for 44 SD70ACes, which is the same exact number of SD70MACs Ferromex borrowed from BNSF last year on a short term lease. Reportedly the 44 SD70MAC are or have been returned to BNSF, so I guess the SD70MACs were a short-term stop gap until Ferromex can get new-build SD70ACes.
http://www.railwaygazette.com/index.php?id=44&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=12726&cHash=6631762a38
NORTH AMERICA: Electro-Motive Diesel announced on January 28 that it had won two more orders to supply its 4 300 hp SD70ACe locomotive to operators in Canada and Mexico.
Quebec North Shore & Labrador has ordered a further five locomotives for delivery from August, augmenting a build of seven that were delivered last year. These are used to haul 20 000 tonne iron ore trains on QNS&L’s heavy-haul route in northeast Canada, with provision for single-person operation. The locomotives will incorporate EMD’s winterisation package to cope with the region’s harsh winter climate, radial bogies and the latest Q-cab to ensure comfort and safety for the driver.
Ferrocarril Mexicano has signed an agreement with EMD for 44 locomotives, which according to EMD is the first order for new motive power placed by Ferromex since 2006. Delivery of these locos is expected to start in April 2011, bringing the railway’s SD70ACe fleet to 59. The Ferromex locomotives will also feature radial bogies and the EMD Q-cab, and will have provision for distributed-power operation.
Ferromex CEO Rogelio Vélez said the 44 new locomotives would be ‘a very positive addition’ to the fleet, noting that the previous batch of SD70ACes had demonstrated ‘very high and consistent performance and fuel efficiency’. He said the new locos would help Ferromex cope with very significant volume increases, with traffic in 2010 close to 20% up on 2009 and 12% higher than the record volume achieved in 2008.
As the SD70ACe locos meet EPA Tier 2 emissions standards, Ferromex will be able to use them to operate through trains across the border into the USA.
Deliveries to start in April 2011, that's an awful short lead time of less than 3 months. Must be shuffling some other order. Notice they are all export locos, at least as far as LaGrange is concerned.
creepycrank Deliveries to start in April 2011, that's an awful short lead time of less than 3 months. Must be shuffling some other order. Notice they are all export locos, at least as far as LaGrange is concerned.
Quebec is in Canada as is EMD's main locomotive plant in London,Ontario. So, even though the prime movers and some other components are made at LaGrange a Canadian order isn't really an "export"..
It could be argued that EMD orders for the US market are "imports" (although due to NAFTA, they really aren't)..
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Good news for EMD Canada. I wonder if these babys will sneak down for their maiden cruises via the CN. I was recently in Austin, TX where I spied a pair of Ferromex ES44ACs that sure seemed pretty new looking. Maybe they're ordering from both makers to help keep the other honest.
Dan
It has always been in the carriers interest to keep at least two manufacturers competing for the locomotive market....competing for both the performance and finance aspects.
CNW 6000 Good news for EMD Canada. I wonder if these babys will sneak down for their maiden cruises via the CN. I was recently in Austin, TX where I spied a pair of Ferromex ES44ACs that sure seemed pretty new looking. Maybe they're ordering from both makers to help keep the other honest.
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