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EMD delivers new SD70ACe locomotives to Ferromex
Poor EMD…because they made the wrong choice on emission control packages, this is the only business left for them. Hope they get their act together soon!
Glad to see that Ferromex spent the extra $ for the quiet cab. At BNsf, our first Aces were w/o the quiet cab. Very noisy and rough riding. They were the GE salesman’s dream come true. Were it up to me, there wouldn’t be an Ace on the property.
Question: because EMD cannot make a current Tier 4 locomotive to sell in the USA, are there any regulations stopping them from selling non Tier 4 engines to Ferromex, and then Ferromex just sends them north into the US as part of normal power sharing with US roads?
DLJ from Iowa,
“Poor EMD?”
Not one of EMD’s Products, except the multi-thousand HP, D-D’s, compared to the performance of FM’s, ALCO’s, and many Baldwins,. EMD’s were burros; the others were crossbred Budweiser wagon pullers with Arabians.
I ran and appreciated the differences among them.
'…get their EMD act together"?
Basing the electrical machines on already developed, therefore less than state of the art,----designs in the ‘40’s?.
Continuing the 2-cycle engine when fuel economy with it was deficient?.
Being 1st with hi-hp AC diesel freight power, albeit with lower fuel economy, and still producing locomotives that don’t surpass the GE’s performance.?
The flummoxing they took with their "Tier 4’" attempt?
“Their act together” seems to be intent on proving Princeton Prof. Al’s definition of “insanity” valid.
Mexico didnt enact emissions regulations for locomotives to the standard the US and Canada so there is nothing stopping EMD exporting Aces to Mexico and Mexican roads sending them north in shares power runs with US roads. In fact EMD still has a massive export market to compete in until they can compete in the US/Canadian Market again
I’m not sure those post-2014 mexicans SD70ACe could operate in the US. In the later years, CP’s SD90MAC fleet could not operate in the US because of emission regulations. They could however operate in Canada without restriction (CP however chose to park them because of their poor reliability and performance).
As for EPA Tier regulations applying to Canada… remember QNSL ordered AC4400CW’s in 2006 (#422-426) after they’d been outlawed in the US and replaced by ES44AC’s. These can operate in Canada, but cannot operate in the US. Not much of an impact right now since QNSL is landlocked, but these units could probably not be sold to a US operator when QNSL dispose of them.
At least this article has a photo…