NS gives in to the AC era

Trains Magazine Locomotives
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NS #8000 will be the first ES44AC.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=250032

(Not my photo)

2

As we pointed out in a similar post, they already have AC units in the SD80MACs they inherited from Conrail. But it will be interesting to see if they embrace newer AC power.

3

Just found the earlier post. Sorry for the repeat.