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Why so few SD.80 MACS?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by UPTRAIN</i> <br /><br />The SD80MACs were jsut not what the RRs wanted......the C&NW ordered like 20 or 40 but they merged with the UP before the order could be made and was canceled. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />According to Bob Keller, in the January 2003 issue of <i>Classic ToyTrains </i>Magazine, page 98, he writes, <br /> <br />'In the world of real railroading the 5,000-horsepower SD80MAC was an interim design fielded by General Motors, sold while the company finished up work on a newer 6,000-horsepower prime mover. <br /> <br />The SD80MAC used AC traction motors and a V-20 prime mover. The locomotive has an adhesion rate of 35 percent, compared to 25 percent from and SD60 or 18 percent from an SD40-2. According to the <i></i><i>Field Guide to Modern Diesel Locomotives</i>,<i></i> 30 SD80MACs were built, 28 for Conrail and two demonstrators for EMD. (Conrail later added the two demos to its fleet).' <br /> <br />I know that some of the stuff I quoted rehashed things already mentioned in the previous posts, but the fact remains that EMD never intended to field the SD80MAC as a widely-available locomotive. Having said that, I still think it's a very nice looking locomotive. <br />
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