GE's are slow to load, but they pull good...........Don't know about the SD70's, but I remember that 3 SD-40's, would out preform a set of the old DASH 9's, and they rode a lot better...........Especially the old "BN" merger ones. Also earlier GE's "wore out", while the EMD's kept going. On "Z" & "Q"'s the "GEEP 40's were far better than the "B 40's"
Firelock76 bcrnfan The GE's are boring and all look alike anymore. Ah, but you see, that's a part of the challenge of being a railfan! In this run-through power day and age, especially if you live near a busy main line, you might see anything. Here in CSX country along the old RF&P I've seen locomotives from the Union Pacific, BNSF, NS, to say nothing of some colorful leasers. You've just got to be patient.
bcrnfan The GE's are boring and all look alike anymore.
The GE's are boring and all look alike anymore.
Ah, but you see, that's a part of the challenge of being a railfan! In this run-through power day and age, especially if you live near a busy main line, you might see anything.
Here in CSX country along the old RF&P I've seen locomotives from the Union Pacific, BNSF, NS, to say nothing of some colorful leasers. You've just got to be patient.
You are overlooking KCS and Ferromax
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
bcrnfan The GE's are boring and all look alike anymore. Remember what I said January 16th about being a railfan and getting trackside, because you don't know what you might see? Me neither, until today. I was taking lunch at one of my spots, the periphery of an Amtrak station, when what did I see? An NS Dash-8 parked on the auxiliary track. What was an NS locomotive doing on an Amtrak track in CSX territory, and idling too? Who knows? But that's the thrill of the hunt baby! Stick around a busy line, and you might see anything!
Remember what I said January 16th about being a railfan and getting trackside, because you don't know what you might see?
Me neither, until today. I was taking lunch at one of my spots, the periphery of an Amtrak station, when what did I see? An NS Dash-8 parked on the auxiliary track. What was an NS locomotive doing on an Amtrak track in CSX territory, and idling too? Who knows? But that's the thrill of the hunt baby! Stick around a busy line, and you might see anything!
NSrailfan8114 They Should buy EMDs
They Should buy EMDs
Other than for foamer variety, why? As Northwest pointed out the thundercabs are junk, and at only 19 units, a small subfleet. CSX seems to be OK with a majority GE fleet, so why are you so against it?
An "expensive model collector"
Here in CSX territory I don't an awful lot of EMD units except for some older models like GP-38's, GP-40's, the occasional SD40-2 and such. It's pretty much GE territory. Occasionally there's an SD70, but it seems to be the exception, not the rule.
Truly, nobody really likes the early production thundercab SD70ACes.
CSX has apparently tested some of the SD70ACe-T4 demonstrators but we'll just have to see, especially in the current market...
With one unit already retired, it appears that more are being moved in that direction. Additionally, none of the remaining 19 units are provisioned for PTC. This is a sure sign that they're not currently expected to last into the PTC era, at least according to current plans....
Currently, only 9 of the 19 remaining units are in active service. The rest are out of service for some mechanical malady, including grounded generators - nearly akin to blowing your prime mover in locomotive terms.
-CSX Locomotives Facebook Page
CSX hates EMDs.
They had SOO much GEs and Should buy EMDs
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