CN 3300 is the first one out of the Fort Worth plant in new paint and with a new cab. I haven't seen anything official yet, but I think it's a pretty safe bet that this is a DC-to-AC rebuild from one of the CN Dash-9s that had been seen at this plant in recent months.
http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=261806
Choosing the 3300 number series for these doesn't leave much room for additional ET44ACs, ours are numbered CN 3000-3285.
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Apparently CN liked what they saw when testing the NS AC44C6CMs.
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Clearly a change of thinking at CN..they were among the last to embrace AC..
Ulrich Clearly a change of thinking at CN..they were among the last to embrace AC..
Well, perhaps - just perhaps - when you are "sweating the assets" with single locomotives pulling huge land barges like 1920s 2-10-2s on drag freights, the ability to lug at very low speed for a very long time without damaging the traction motors is probably very valuable.
kgbw49 Ulrich Clearly a change of thinking at CN..they were among the last to embrace AC.. Well, perhaps - just perhaps - when you are "sweating the assets" with single locomotives pulling huge land barges like 1920s 2-10-2s on drag freights, the ability to lug at very low speed for a very long time without damaging the traction motors is probably very valuable.
Yes, likely why CN went AC..
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