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My additional comments: The SD70ACe shows there isn't a lot NEW that can be done these days, but it shows it can always be done better. And having spent several years turning wrenches on locomotives, I can see that this design is a LOT better than the preceeding SD70MAC, from a maintainability and operability point of view. It's not just a different cab and some relocated piping. I was very impressed with the thought that went into it. The cab? My opinion? Finally, someone got it right! It's a huge improvement over the desktop, which hardly anyone liked. I never had to run them for a living, but I sure had to listen to people who did. Everything under a locomotive gets dirty. But that wiring and piping shouldn't have to be touched between major strip-down overhauls, like, once every 15 years. As for whether these improvements will be extended to other models in the catalog: there I should have been more clear; I had assumed everyone had been reading the locomotive column Dave Lustig writes each month. So, to answer the question: There are NO other models in the catalog, and haven't been for some time. Right now, EMD makes exactly three locomotives: an SD70M, an SD70MAC, and the European export unit. When the SD70ACe goes into production, there will be that, maybe the DC version, and the export unit. That's it. Of course, like Eric said, there will be other models if demand is there, but right now there isn't any demand for them, and I know of no one who thinks there will be, either.
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