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Southbound Norfolk Southern manifest 11Z crosses Compton Trestle and Compton, VA on April 13, 2023, led by SD70ACe No. 1067.
Montana Rail Link's Day Gas local heads east towards Missoula, snaking along the banks of the Clark Fork River behind a pair of SD70ACe's outside Eddy, Montana.
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MRL 4th Sub
Eddy, MT
MRL Day Gas (Gas Empties; Missoula, MT to Thompson Falls, MT Turn)
MRL 4307 SD70ACe Blt. 2005
MRL 4304 SD70ACe Blt. 2005
Three new NSM (ex-CSX) SD70ACe units lift a train of empty ore cars out of Silver Bay on their way back to Babbitt. The train is running on the north track (thanks to Mel), somewhat uncommon as NSM typically operates left-handed in double track territory as did Reserve Mining.
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe Nos. 4306 and 4400 power MRL’s Missoula to Laurel manifest freight as it thunders past the cantilevered searchlight signal mast at the west end of siding at Townsend, Montana, on July 2, 2020. Get ’em while you can—the cantilever signal, that is.
SD70ACe demonstrator EMDX GM73 leads Q353 at Sand Patch, PA. We're stopped while the Hyndman helper cuts off the rear end of the train at the East Portal of the tunnel, allowing for a quick impromptu photo session.
A pair of SD70ACe's lead the Montana Rail Link's Night Gas job as it cruises alongside the Clark Fork River on the MRL's 4th Sub near Donlan, Montana. Today's train has a few gons on the head end that will be dropped in Paradise.
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MRL 4th Sub
Donlan, MT
MRL Night Gas (Gas Loads; Missoula, MT to Thompson Falls, MT Turn)
MRL 4408 SD70ACe Blt. 2013
MRL 4406 SD70ACe Blt. 2013
A pair of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's lay the hammer down as they approach Arlee, Montana with the MRL Day Gas job in tow. The train of tank cars kick up the fresh snow from the night before as the crew wastes no time heading towards Missoula.
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MRL 10th Sub
Arlee, MT
MRL Day Gas (Gas Empties; Missoula, MT to Thompson Falls, MT Turn)
MRL 4307 SD70ACe Blt. 2005
MRL 4304 SD70ACe Blt. 2005
The MRL "Day Gas" notches up as it passes the Eddy station sign with the usual pair of SD70ACe's in charge.
Progress Rail (EMDX) SD70ACe-T4 leasers #7205 and 7207 lead KCS train MKCVN around the curve and off the Godfrey Sub at Godfrey, IL. In a few moments, the train will join UP's Springfield Sub for the run down main 1 to East St. Louis. Unfortunately, the KCS yard was plugged today and this train did not make its destination, instead getting parked next to another MKCVN in Venice yard. Hopefully these two stay on the KC-to-STL run for a while.
Thanks to SS for the heads-up call as my son and I were leaving a Boy Scout event this morning. Perfect timing, and finally, perfect weather to match.
Westbound Norfolk Southern manifest 15T grinds upgrade at Shawsville, VA on Oct. 5, 2020, led by SD70ACe No. 1074. In addition to peeling paint, the unit was suffering from a case of indigestion. Peeling paint or not, I was happy to finally shoot this unit.
UP 8556, a 2007-built SD70ACe looks as good as new as it rolls towards me on the point of the MNLNP. Given the train's origination point of North Little Rock, AR, This is one of the unit's first trips out on the road after receiving this fresh (flagless) coat of Armour Yellow on 3/18/2022.
This is on the east side of Grantville, KS, 61 miles west of Kansas City Union Station on the UP Kansas Sub.
An SD70ACe duo leads a southbound loaded coal train down the Joint Line and across an old Santa Fe bridge spanning East Plum Creek, that still bears the railroad's brand in 2021. Someone needs to take care of those trees obscuring part of the bridge...
The Erie SD70ACe heritage unit is seen popping out of the West Vivian Tunnel in Kimball, WV as it leads 352 eastbound on the Pocahontas District.
BNSF SD70ACe #8994 leads NS #732 south descending Braswell Mountain near its namesake town with 135 loads of Powder River coal for Georgia Powers Plant Scherer.
MoPac heritage SD70ACe 1982 leads the IG4SI-24 through the heart of a secret Midwest location. Thanks to WR for the heads up and motivational speech. I was going to be content kicking back on the couch waiting for football to start but ended up dragging the kiddos all over the metroplex, starting at Lenox tower and finishing up at Kirkwood.
A new'ish SD70ACe leads a westbound empty Clay Boswell empty on the Grand Forks Sub near Mallory, MN.
This shot is a nice illustration of the changes that were taking place in the northern plains with regards to coal power. The prominence of DC-powered coal like the SD75M yielded to the MAC which would eventually yield to the ACe. As with most things, the ACe looked good when new/clean. These days? Meh. But, it's not like they're going anywhere soon. It's going on 15 years since this shot was taken, and it's not like the SD70ACe-T4 lit the railroad industry ablaze...
BNSF SD70ACe No. 9113 leads the C-RWMHAF1-52A into Larkspur, Colorado as fresh blankets of snow give great opportunities for pictures.
NS SD70ACe 1010 leads a northbound over the James River with a handful of doublestacks and a large cut of emtpy wells. The storm rolled in fast with clear skies five minutes before and pouring rain with some hail shortly after the train cleared the bridge and I was safetly back in my car.
Fall is in the air as NS SD70ACe 1016 leads eastbound intermodal 271 under the former N&W era coal tower at Vicker while as Chicago bound 29C passes on the opposite track.
EMDX SD70ACe-T4 #7225 is seen leading CP train 850 through Secretan Saskatchewan in the last light of the day.
SD70ACe 8574 leads a pair of GEVOs and empty coal buckets west along the Sand Hills Subdivision.
BNSF 8574 ~ westbound ~ Ellsworth, Nebraska
BNSF's Sand Hills Subdivision
04.02.2021
Once again the Rio Grande heritage SD70ACe visits Georgia, this time leading a UP Long Beach,CA - Atlanta,GA stack train. UP #1989 leads NS 22G across the Tallapoosa River near the Alabama/Georgia state line as some Autumn colors start to show themselves.
UP SD70ACe No. 8676 leads a loaded military train if only hummers coming from Janesville, WI heading for Fort Carson, CO as they coast downgrade out of Palmer Lake.
A pair of SD70ACe/LCi's lead an empty BHP train rolls through the rock cut south of Garden, Western Australia as it heads towards the mines for loading. Running 2x2 with distributed power, the mid train locomotives can be seen at the end of the curve in the background.
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BHP Newman Mainline
Garden, WA
Unknown Symbol (Port Hedland, WA to ???)
BHP 4443 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
BHP 4418 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
(DPU) BHP 4355 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2009
(DPU) BHP 4370 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2010
BHP SD70Ace locos 4334,4350 lead a loaded Iron ore train around the curves between Shaw and Garden with 4381,4416 being the mid train locos on 21-6-15
With a pair of SD70ACe/LCi's on the head end and another pair mid-train, a loaded BHP iron ore train heads north towards Port Hedland on the double track main. At the train swings around the bend at Turner, Western Australia it crosses the bridge over the dry bed of the Turner River.
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BHP Newman Mainline
Turner, WA
Unknown Symbol (Iron Ore Loads; Unknown to Port Hedland, WA)
BHP 4343 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2008
BHP 4371 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2010
(DPU) BHP 4403 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
(DPU) BHP 4430 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
SD70ACe No. 1069, the Virginian heritage unit, motors through CP Paxton in downtown Harrisburg on the head end of intermodal train 20K.
New EMDX SD70ACe-T4s #7207 and 7205 lead KCS train MVNKC across the Piasa Creek viaduct between Godfrey and Delhi, IL. The units are on the return leg of their first revenue trip between Kansas City and East St. Louis after being delivered to KCS by NS. They'll make good time up to Roodhouse for a little work before striking west for Missouri.
In other news: with a little more undercutting of the bank by the creek this winter, that pesky tree may finally come down.
On December 8, 2018, EMD SD70ACe-T4 No. 3035 leads the last MRONY (Roper Yard in Salt Lake City to North Yard in Denver) freight at Blue Mountain grade crossing west of Eisele, Colorado. The long freight, powered by an all-EMD locomotive consist and officially symboled MRONY-07, drops downgrade wrapping itself over the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon, with the rear of the train still threading Tunnel 1 in the background.
With UP slowly implementing “Precision Scheduled Railroading,” the railroad announced that it is downgrading Roper yard, with manifest switching operations moving to Ogden, ending MRONY and MNYRO manifest freights. This will mean that Salt Lake to Denver traffic will now be running across the Wyoming “Overland” main line—throwing another dagger at the “Main Line Thru the Rockies.” There will still be tri-weekly MGJNY/MNYGJ freights between Denver and Grand Junction, but the Utah desert won’t see any UP manifest freights anymore.
That lead motor on the point may have some changes coming soon too, as many of UP’s SD70ACe-T4 locomotives are in storage, or heading there shortly. Reports are some of the most recently-delivered new units in the 3090 number series were immediately put into storage before turning a wheel in revenue service!
A single SD70ACe-T4 (CSXT 8903) is powering CN 327 as it approaches Coteau where it will set off cars.
NS SD70ACe 1214 is seen leading westbound empty ethanol train 65W into Bluefield yard on a cold & windy Winter afternoon. The train will be inspected and get a fresh crew before proceeding west up the Pocahontas District.
The Penn Central heritage SD70ACe is on the head of intermdoal NS 217 as it makes its way west through the mountains of Eggleston, VA.
5-23-2022
Four Montana Rail Link SD70ACe locomotives shove a westbound coal train over the summit at Evaro, Montana. April 3, 2023.
With four SD70ACe/LCi's running 2x2 on a train of iron ore loads from the Yandi 2 mine, the BHP Billiton Iron Ore train rolls through a cut as it rounds the bend approaching Kurrajura, Western Australia. This is the railroad's Mining Area C Branch Line that will join the main line at Yandi Junction to head towards Port Hedland.
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BHP Mining Area C Branch Line
Kurrajura, WA
Unknown Symbol (Iron Ore Loads; Yandi 2 Mine, WA to Port Hedland, WA)
BHP 4436 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
BHP 4337 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2008
(DPU) BHP 4424 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
(DPU) BHP 4454 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2014
After detaching from the westbound train that they just helped over Bozeman Pass, the MRL helper set consisting of two SD70ACe's and a SD40-2XR have coupled onto a eastbound train for the run back to Livingston.
Looking back at our MRL trip, this was probably the best day on Bozeman Pass that we could ask for. We got an amazing mix of weather conditions, ranging from sunny blue skies in Bozeman, to almost blizzard conditions in the pass. Almost all run through trains had helpers stay on for the ascent and descent of the pass, something that we learned later was not the norm. We got almost everything we could have wanted shot wise from this trip, but I think a round 2 is in store...
Anyways, Merry Christmas all!
Cruising through the plains in Gidgi, Western Australia, a pair of SD70ACe's lead a loaded BHP iron ore train past a Pilbara relic in the form of a CM40-8M sitting on a short stub track. This locomotive has been parked here since suffering an engine failure while pulling a train in 2015, leaving it as one of the only surviving Pilbara Cab Dash 8's that has not been scrapped.
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BHP Newman Mainline
Gidgi, WA
Unknown Symbol (Iron Ore Loads; Yandi 2 Mine, WA to Port Hedland, WA)
BHP 4436 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
BHP 4337 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2008
(DPU) BHP 4424 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2013
(DPU) BHP 4454 SD70ACe/LCi Blt. 2014
BHP 5662 CM40-8M Ex. BHP 5490 M636C Blt. 1974
NS SD70ACe 1155 is leading 234 through Vicker and under the remains of the N&W era coaling tower as it heads eastbound towards Roanoke and Norfolk.
On August 23, 2013, Union Pacific was testing Electro-Motive Diesel’s SD70ACes on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision west of Denver, Colorado. UP’s mobile laboratory car No. UPP 210 brackets EMD demonstrators Nos. 1206 and 1208 on high-adhesion tests with a westbound West Elk Mine coal empty leaving Rocky and is climbing toward Big 10 Curve.
BNSF High Priority Z STOCHC6 13L rounds its way up the World Famous Tehachapi Loop near Woodford, California. This edition of the train has an EMD SD70ACe as the leader with 5,151 feet of merchandise for Chicagoland at Corwith Yard.
An SD70ACe and C44-9W lead the way as the U86 crew brings an empty Norfolk Southern coal train from Gilbert to the Affinity Mine for loading. After emerging from Tunnel No. 4, the train is crossing the bridge over the Guyandotte River in Simon, West Virginia on trackage that was built as part of the realignment for the construction of the R. D. Bailey dam and reservoir.
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NS Guyandot River Branch
Simon, WV
NS U86 (Coal Empties; Gilbert, WV to Affinity Coal Complex - Affinity, WV)
NS 1125 SD70ACe Blt. 2014
NS 9858 C44-9W Ex. NS 9858 C40-9W Blt. 2004
EMDX SD70ACe-T4 #7208 leads a long NS #220 (Dallas, TX - Atlanta, GA) eastbound through Lithia Springs, GA on a sweltering summer morning.
UP train MGRRV (Green River, WY - Roseville, CA) passes through the truss bridge over the Truckee River near the NV - CA border with a five pack of units up front. In stark contrast to the heavily wooded west slope of the Sierras, the eastern slope quickly thins out into high desert allowing for larger vistas that include the whole train.