Class 1 railroad w/ GEVO's & evolution engines

[cr6479]

How many class 1 railroads get GEVO'S & evolution engines????

[chicagorails]

hey i saw geevolos on up bnsf csx , saw aces on up bnsf ns csx.

[Anonymous]

GEVO's are the Same as Evolution Engines just fyi

[Anonymous]

I believe that CSX has allocated numbers 5200-5399 on their locomotive roster for their ES44-DC's. I spotted #5389 hustling Q11029 thru St. Joe, Indiana on 29 June. Just curious. Does anyone know of a higher GEVO number now on CSX property?

[Lyon_Wonder]

An even more interesting question, how many regional Class 2 railroads have modern state of the art locomotives as opposed to older used SD40-2 vintage EMDs?

[chicagorails]

hey saw a kansas city south ace yesterday at franklin park illinois[:)]

[dwil89]

NS has GEVO's numbered from 7500-7564 with reports of another 100 to be added to this.

[Anonymous]

CSX has ES44DCs. BNSF has ES44ACs. NS has ES40DCs. And UP has ES44ACs. There might be more.

[Anonymous]

Is it just me or do the GEVO's heavily resemble the Dash 9's outward apperance?

[Anonymous]

Except the Top Vent has 2 Fans

[Glen Ellyn]

I think every class one has fuel efficient engines. All of them have either an SD70ACe, or SD70M-2, and all but KCS have the GE eveloution series.

[Anonymous]

The CSX 5200s and 5300s do not have the "steerable" trucks that the earlier engines had. Also, that "lightning bolt" painted on the side of a CSX engine denotes an AC traction motor; the 5200/5300 are DC so they don't have that.

These engines do not perform as well as the earlier AC engines, besides the lower horsepower (4400 vs 6000), the DC traction motor system seems to take forever to "load up," both for accelerating and for dynamic braking. Combined with the old-style conventional control stand (vs the "desktop" control stand on other road units), these new units are not as popular with the engineers as older units. But, hey, they are more efficient, and they are replacing the older "musclecars" on many New England runs.

[Anonymous]

GEVO'S have alot of power espicaly on Intermodel Trains

[CSXrules4eva]

CSX-Dan I just had to coment I do like your profile signiture, CSX trusted to move America, that's great and funny!!

I have also noticed that BNSF likes to run their GEVO's on manifest trains.

[Anonymous]

BNSF- 88 ES44DC's and 365 ES44AC's
UP- 306 or so ES44AC's
NS- 165 ES40DC's
CSX- 200 ES44DC's
CN- 50 ES44DC's
CPR- 140 ES44AC's
KCSM- Getting 30 ES44AC's

I made a quick count of the quantities in my head. They may not be exactly correct but are close. Includes units that are on order.

[cr6479]

I have seen alot of GEVO'S from different railroads.

[Anonymous]

CSXrules4eva,
I have a pin and thats were I got the sloggen from the CSX And Conrail Buy Out

[Anonymous]

Also Matt,
When BNSF First bought the GE Evolutions they Marked them as AC4400's and so
once and a while you will see H2 GEVO's Marked as AC4400's [8)] I know this because we all know I'm the GEVO King [:P]

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. HA HA HA HA it's true you are almost a GEVO ACE.

[Anonymous]

Thats How I roll [:D]

[CNW 6000]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

CSX-DAN. HA HA HA HA it's true you are almost a GEVO ACE.

So is that like that old TV show "Leave it to GEVO"?

[cr6479]

CNW 6000. You can say that it has a good ring to it.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw8835

BNSF- 88 ES44DC's and 365 ES44AC's
UP- 306 or so ES44AC's
NS- 165 ES40DC's
CSX- 200 ES44DC's
CN- 50 ES44DC's
CPR- 140 ES44AC's
KCSM- Getting 30 ES44AC's

I made a quick count of the quantities in my head. They may not be exactly correct but are close. Includes units that are on order.

Thanks for the count. I really needed this info.

[beaulieu]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw8835

BNSF- 88 ES44DC's and 365 ES44AC's
UP- 306 or so ES44AC's
NS- 165 ES40DC's
CSX- 200 ES44DC's
CN- 50 ES44DC's
CPR- 140 ES44AC's
KCSM- Getting 30 ES44AC's

I made a quick count of the quantities in my head. They may not be exactly correct but are close. Includes units that are on order.

Your count for CP is a bit high, they actually have 61 ES44ACs. The 30 ES44ACs on order are for KCS proper not their Mexican subsidiary KCSM.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by beaulieu

QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw8835

BNSF- 88 ES44DC's and 365 ES44AC's
UP- 306 or so ES44AC's
NS- 165 ES40DC's
CSX- 200 ES44DC's
CN- 50 ES44DC's
CPR- 140 ES44AC's
KCSM- Getting 30 ES44AC's

I made a quick count of the quantities in my head. They may not be exactly correct but are close. Includes units that are on order.

Your count for CP is a bit high, they actually have 61 ES44ACs. The 30 ES44ACs on order are for KCS proper not their Mexican subsidiary KCSM.

Concerning CP- The first order for 60 has been completed, and now an order for 80 more has been placed, 8760-8839. Thats why I wrote "includes units that are on order".
Concerning KCS- The 30 ES44AC's are for KCSM, not KCS. KCS is getting more SD70ACe's. http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/006/729gbowv.asp

[nanaimo73]

Probably October for the CP engines.