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[guerrerense]

The Other Joint Line por Erie Limited Por Flickr: A pair of Southern Pacific AC4400s send a bit of smoke skyward while exiting the east end of the passing siding at Avondale, CO on BNSF's Pueblo Sub. In another 10 or so miles this loaded coal train will exit the BNSF main at NA Junction and continue toward Kansas on UP's former Missouri Pacific Hoisington Sub. I always thought of this operation as Colorado's "other Joint Line". It certainly wasn't as scenic as the actual Joint Line, but it did host a fair amount of volume and variety. By this date UP had controlled SP for all of three months, so not much had changed outwardly. Change was coming however, and UP would cease operation over most of the Hoisington Sub a year or two after the SP merger. Today the former UP trackage between NA Jct and the Kansas border is known as the Towner Line. It has been rehabilitated by Colorado Pacific Railroad with the intent of running grain shuttle trains and handling railcar storage business. SP 366 AC4400CW SP 342 AC4400CW

[graintrainbrain]

A CP potash train passes the ex-Wheat Pool elevator at Duval, Saskatchewan, 09/15/2023. Photo by Matt Watson via Railpictures.ca

[20th-century-railroading]

New scarlet faces on Soldier Summit by Mike Danneman Via Flickr: An eastbound Southern Pacific freight passes a SP coal at the summit of Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. The coal train is tied up with locomotive issues—note substantial amounts of white sand on top of the rails in front of SP GE AC4400CW No. 317, left there when the train backed into the clear. SP’s AC4400CWs were brand new at the time and had a few minor teething problems, mostly with software issues from what I recall.

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[lobstersinmyhouse]

New UTS enhancement pack for the DTG tehachapi pass AC4400CW in SP colors is fuckin fantastic hell yes

[aryburn-trains]

Fraser roll by by Mike Danneman Via Flickr: An eastbound Union Pacific coal train, led by Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 235, grinds past the Rio Grande Ski Train at Fraser, Colorado, on February 9, 2001. While the skiers are hitting the slopes, the Ski Train lays over in the siding at Fraser just across from the small Amtrak shelter until the appointed time when they head up Winter Park to load skiers for the return trip to Denver.

[airmanisr]

UP 6580 & GECX 4001 AC4400CW's by Jim J. Via Flickr: Southbound freight Harrison St Oshkosh, WI Canon AE-1 Canon 50mm lens SFW 200

[collinthenychudson]

Day 20: GE Evolution Series

Info from Wikipedia:

The Evolution Series is a line of diesel locomotives built by GE Transportation Systems (now owned by Wabtec), initially designed to meet the U.S. EPA's Tier 2 locomotive emissions standards that took effect in 2005. The first pre-production units were built in 2003. Evolution Series locomotives are equipped with either AC or DC traction motors, depending on the customer's preference. All are powered by the GE GEVO engine.[4]

The Evolution Series was named as one of the "10 Locomotives That Changed Railroading" by Trains Magazine and was the only locomotive introduced after 1972 to be included in that list.[5]

The Evolution Series locomotives are some of the best-selling and most successful freight locomotives in United States history.

Currently, six different Evolution Series models have been produced for the North American market. They are all six axle locomotives and have the wheel arrangement C-C (AAR classification) or Co′Co′ (UIC classification), except for the ES44C4 which has an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement and the meter-gauge version developed for the Brazilian network ES43BBi which is B-B-B-B.

The ES44DC (Evolution Series, 4,400 hp, DC traction) replaced the Dash 9-44CW model in the General Electric catalogue. Primary users are BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, and Canadian National Railway. Pilbara Iron in Australia ordered a lengthened, international version designated ES44DCi. The extra length is used for a larger radiator to increase cooling capacity in the Australian outback.

The ES44AC (Evolution Series, 4,400 hp, AC traction) replaced the AC4400CW model in the General Electric catalogue. These locomotives have been ordered by every Class I railroad in North America: Union Pacific Railroad (who refers to these locomotives as the C45ACCTE), BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Canadian National Railway.

The ES44C4 (Evolution Series, 4,400 hp, C to denote 3 axles per truck, 4 traction motors) was introduced in 2009. While similar to the ES44AC, the ES44C4 has two traction motors per truck, instead of the conventional three such as on the ES44AC. No ES44C4s with DC traction were built. The center axle of each truck is unpowered, giving an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. BNSF Railway is the launch customer for this model, ordering an initial batch of 25 units numbered 6600–6624.

The ES44C4 was initially only built for BNSF. The 4200s and units 7921-7999 are certified as Tier 4 Credit units, while the others are Tier 2 or Tier 3. On 30 January 2014 Florida East Coast Railway announced that they would buy 24 ES44C4s, to be numbered 800–823, for heavy haul service and intermodal traffic. All were delivered by the end of 2014, in order to beat the EPA's deadline on exhaust-emissions standards for new-built Tier 3 locomotives.

A feature of these units is a variable traction control system in their computer systems. One of the differences between an ES44AC and an ES44C4 are the air cylinders and linkages on the truck sideframes of the ES44C4; these are part of the traction control system. Every time a variation in grade, traction, or wheel slip occurs, the computer adjusts the pressure in these cylinders to maintain sufficient adhesion, by varying the weight on the drive axles.

The ES44DCi (Evolution Series, 4400 horsepower, DC traction, international version) was built for the Rio Tinto railway in Australia. The ES44ACi was built for the Roy Hill and Rio Tinto Group.

Rio Tinto's units can be remotely driven, meaning nobody has to be in the cab as they can be controlled from a control center.

The ES44ACi/DCi is essentially an ES44AC/DC in a GE AC6000CW's body, with the radiator at the end protruding out over the rear deck in the same way the AC6000CW does. The locomotive's large radiator allows it to handle the Australian outback's extreme temperatures.

Roy Hill has ordered 21 ES44ACi locomotives, and is currently in possession of all 21 locomotives (numbered 1001 "Ginny"-1021). Rio Tinto ordered 100 ES44DCi locomotives and has all 100 (numbered 8100–8199) and 21 ES44ACi locomotives (numbered 9100–9120) and more are on order.

Ferromex also acquired 50 ES44ACi. As the construction of these locomotives was subsequent to the new environmental laws of the US, GE cataloged them only as ES44ACi, although in the external technical specifications of the locomotives say ES44AC). These locomotives can no longer reenter the US operating.

The ET44AC (Evolution Series Tier 4, 4,400 hp, AC traction) replaces the ES44AC model. These locomotives have been ordered by most of the Class I railroads in North America, including Union Pacific, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern and Canadian National Railway. BNSF Railway will be receiving similar ET44C4 locomotives, which have no traction motor on the middle axle of each truck. CSX designates their ET44ACs as ET44AH, due to their locomotives being heavy-ballasted.

The TE33A is an export 1520 mm gauge locomotive in the GE Evolution Series.

The Evolution Series locomotives are visually similar to the AC4400CW, although small differences are evident. The most noticeable difference is the radiator section at the rear of the locomotive is larger to accommodate the GEVO's Air to air intercoolers. As with the AC6000CW, the radiators project beyond the end of the hood. On the ES44ACi and ES44DCi models, the radiator extends in the same way as the AC6000CW, protruding out over the rear deck. For the other Evolution Series locomotives, the radiator does not protrude completely over the rear deck, but rather sits nearly flush with the rear of the engine hood. Unlike previous GE locomotives, the grills under the radiator are at two different angles. The increase in radiator size is due to the necessity for greater cooling capacity in the locomotive in order to reduce emissions. The other major difference between the Evolution Series and earlier models are the vents below the radiators, which are larger than those on previous GE locomotives.[11] Also, all Evolution Series units have air conditioners mounted below the cab on the conductor's side.

In 2002, GE and UGL Limited launched the Evolution Series locomotive, and in 2009, continued their partnership for another 10 years for UGL to distribute and sell GE locomotives in Australia.

Transnet Engineering in South Africa has a license to manufacture 233 4,200 hp (3,100 kW) 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Cape gauge ES40ACi locomotives for Transnet Freight Rail, with core components including GEVO-12 engines supplied from the United States.

The first six of these Class 44-000 locomotives were built in Erie, Pennsylvania in April and July 2015. In October 2015, the first of the 227 South African-built locomotives was nearing completion at Transnet Engineering's Koedoespoort shops in Pretoria.

Models and Route by: , JointedRail Auran, and Download Station.

[hotrailproductions]

CSX GEVO/AC4400CW at Walkerton, IN 6/6/19

[sparkletrainsstuff]

Wow, got super lucky on the timing with this one! Especially since there is a pretty significant delay between pressing screenshot on ps4 and the actual capture of screen.

CSX 490 is pulling an intermodal consist through a torrential mid Summer downpour. Lightning is striking what appears to be one of the cars behind the locomotive.

This was taken in Train Sim World 3 on my ps4. The route/DLC is Sand Patch Grade Rockwood to Cumberland. Locomotives featured are GE AC4400CWs and they are displayed with original livery. No custom creations displayed.

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Operation Lifesaver

Train X512 rounds the curves along the Wabash River. A consist of CSX 262 AC4400CW, CSX 4567 SD70AC (Operation Lifesaver), and CSX 8435 SD40-2 Photos taken in North Vincennes, Indiana photos taken on March 5th, 2023.

[guerrerense]

Approaching Cliff in the snow por Mike Danneman Por Flickr: Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 239 leads an eastbound Union Pacific coal train through the snow approaching the west switch of Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on April 23, 1999.

[graintrainbrain]

A curious lashup of CN 5686, CP 9500, and RCPX 6311 dashes through the snow at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 01/19/2014. Here, RCPX 6311 was bound for its current home at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton, Alberta. Photo by Paul Sincerny via Railpictures.ca

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Fresh GEs on the CNW by Don Kalkman Via Flickr: Union Pacific GE AC4400CW 6833 was on its first trip across Iowa after delivery from GE in 1996.

Three new GEs were on the former Chicago and North Western crossing the Wapsipinicon River just east of Wheatland.

[gjupdates]

Union Pacific CEO to step down as hedge fund presses for change

[ad_1] © Reuters. A GE AC4400CW diesel-electric locomotive in Union Pacific livery, is seen ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, as a Metrolink commuter train (right) arrives at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Septembe (Reuters) -U.S. railroad Union Pacific (NYSE:) on Sunday said it expects to name a successor to assume the position of…

[moneygigs]

Union Pacific CEO to step down as hedge fund presses for change

© Reuters. A GE AC4400CW diesel-electric locomotive in Union Pacific livery, is seen ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, as a Metrolink commuter train (right) arrives at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Septembe (Reuters) -U.S. railroad Union Pacific (NYSE:) on Sunday said it expects to name a successor to assume the position of chief…