What is the difference? I heard that CSX has some but I can’t find any info on this. Or am I mistaken.
Thanks,
Jeremy
GO PACKERS!!!
None, and there is the SD70ACe, which has flared radiators like a SD80MAC or SD90MAC. EMD has dropped the M in the designation.
If CSX has them, they’re probably SD70MACs.
Do all of these units have such an ugly cab ? I know that a small group of SD 90s have that same nose but I can’t understand why they made such a change to the nicest cab they had !!!
Martin
Québec City
Yes, it is cost thing - (safety is a cost thing too, it is cheaper to have the safety features than the injuries…)
For EMD and GE, they decided to offer only one cab, due to the cost of maintaining additional stock, tooling, part numbers, etc. The North American safety cab was choosen as the one.
And that is why the M and I designations are no longer applicable.
The cab I see on the picture is not the nice North American safety cab we usually see on SD70s, SD80s and SD90s (apart from a few units that have the same cab we see on the SD70ACe demonstrator); its windshield is straight up, its angles are square and it bears ugly notches on the front corners. Not attractive at all. Is it going to be the new standard ?
Martin
Québec City
the main difference in the new cab is that it has a full heigth door. so the guys in the locomotive dont hit their heads on that little sloped part gettng in and out anymore.
as for SD70MAC and SD70AC, that may just be the railroad’s designation. kind of like the UP. they call the AC4400 a C44AC. same with the AC600CW,t they call it a C60AC