GM-lenker
Sammenstilt av Jan Arne Rødland
Oppdatert 11.08.2008
Boeing Train And SD9
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Union Pacific originally had 62 SD90MAC-H's, the V-265H-powered locomotives rated at 6000 hp. Their numbers were UP 8500-8561. UP 8500 and UP 8522-8561 were leased, and returned to the lessor upon lease expiration Dec. 2005-March 2006. The remaining locomotives, UP 8501-8521, were renumbered to UP 8911-8931 to vacate the numbers for new SD70ACe's being delivered.
All 21 SD90MAC's were retired by 06.25.08 and will be scrapped. These locomotives were delivered between 1996 and 1999.
Their last assignments were haulage of rock and aggregate trains in Texas, considered the last sort of assignment for locomotives, last duty before retirement and scrapping.
It is worth mentioning that the GE-built 6000hp locomotives will have their prime mover replaced with a 4400hp engine, making them similar to the socalled convertibles, locomotives that were intended to receive 6000 hp engines when all initial problems were sorted out. UP has 80 locomotives of this type, UP 7500-7579. A similar conversion of the SD90MAC to SD90/43MAC has been ruled out due to complexity and cost.
Jan Arne Rødland
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UP
”heritage” locomotives
(Utlagt 12.05.2008)
6 brand
new SD70Ace’s painted to commemorate railroads that have been merged into
Union Pacific. (DRGW and SP merged, took the name SP, then the two merged
with UP in 1996.)
The individual locomotives are not painted like the original railroad used
to, but the colours are (mostly) the same as originally used.
UP 1982 – MP - Missouri Pacific
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=12591
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=43408
UP 1983 – WP – Western Pacific
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=12592
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=16079
UP 1988 - MKT – ”Katy” – Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=20180
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=75378
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=225094&nseq=7
UP 1989 – D&RGW – Denver & Rio Grande Western
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=32631
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=32632
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=30678
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=209143&nseq=19
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=174221&nseq=92
UP 1995 – CNW – Chicago & North Western
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=32623
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=63969
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=63972
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=208914&nseq=22
UP 1996 – SP – Southern Pacific
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=45654
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=59153
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=36265
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=225930&nseq=6
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=198117&nseq=36
All of them in one shot
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=192172&nseq=51
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=192166&nseq=52
And this, SD70ACe UP 4141, painted in a design based on that of the presidential plane, Air Force One, during the period of George Bush Sr. The reason for painting the locomotive was to commemorate the opening of the presidential library. The number, 4141, reflects that George H W Bush was the 41st president of the US.
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=17111
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=17112
www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=17115
Wikipedia ”List of GM-EMD locomotives”
The following is a list
of locomotives produced by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD)
and its successor Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GM-EMD_locomotives
For de modeller som leveres nå er listen ikke a jour, kanskje har de stoppet ved tidspunktet da EMD ble solgt fra GM. Amerikanske modeller som fortsatt produseres er SD70M-2 og SD70Ace. Eksportmodeller er det flere av, bl. a. JT42CWR (cl. 66) som er i produksjon (i katalogen).
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EMDX 7102
Foreløpig typebetegnelse GP22.
Bygget på understellet til CP-s GP9 nr. 1637. Effekt 2000 hp.
Typebetegnelse GP67 har også forekommet.
Ytterligere foto
EMDX 7101
Foreløpig typebetegnelse GP68.
Bygget på understellet til KCS-s GP40 nr. 2836. Effekt 2000 hp
Nye lok-modeller fra EMD
Linker som viser EMD-s nye innspill i mellomstørrelsen.
Lokomotivene tilfredsstiller ”Tier 2” av de amerikanske utslippskrav.
Det brukes en 8-sylindret utgave av 710-motoren med turbolader.
EMDs pressemelding
