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BNSFrailfan.
It shore is! I actually saw one of these howling monsters slam by a crossing some time ago with a company boss train hell bent for st louis.
But the two of them together is like 16,000 horses they rock!
Umm…why? nothing special about it, 2 crappy UP engines pulling excersion cars.
OUCH! Now that’s very cold.
BNSFrailfan.
16000 horses? On two Centennials?
I don’t think so . . .
Old Timer
OOps my bad. A short visit to Wikipedia reveals these units at 6600 Horses each.
The Fuel tanks are 8,000 gallons I got them mixed up.
I thought it was interesting that the SD90MAC was about the same length and HP rating. With so many heavy intermodal trains these days, I wonder why either GE or EMD hasn’t looked at 8 axles again as a way to put more power to the rail? Maybe 6 axles with Hi-Adhesion trucks make 8 axles pointless?
'This is one Historic Photo."
You mean like the Promontory Point photo? Or the Lincoln Funeral Train photo?
I’m not an historian but I thought I had a good sense of the historical. I think I’ll need some help with this one.
Wayne
Mookie’s backyard? Where’s the BigBoy?[(-D][(-D][(-D]
BNSF railfan: Why anyone wouldn’t appreciate this photo is beyond me. First off though, I’m a bit confused {not really fluid on UP operations}, but if this is a current photo as indicated under the pic…{March, 10 2005}, how are we witnessing 2 Centennials in operation…Thought there was only one running…?? Anyway, I would really appreciate it if I had been there on the platform to witness it slam by…Even just for the sound of 4 prime movers making it happen…but they are all scrubbed up so nice and all the great CWR track in place to run on, etc…I have been to track side to witness all kinds of trains slam by, including all kinds of massive steam engines and I for sure would have enjoyed being present to see these monsters to the same…
A really good one thanks. [:)]
sorry sad truth, you don’t lash 2 deisels onto an excursion train and call it historic. sorry those cars require a Good Steamer pulling them through some rail spot they’ve never been before, before i call it historic.
hi i agree with steamerfan if you want historic pic’s steam is it .
Nice photo, but these have a little more historic value:
The above is the first commercially produced diesel/electric locomotive operated on a logging railroad. Next pictured below is an Electric train set doing the same, hauling logs!
Jim - Lawton, NV
Historical or Hysterical ???
…Boy those are wild panagraphs.
Wow, I thought I remembered that 6900 was not only retired but also inoperable. When did they put life back into the old girl, or is she just a shell going along for the ride?
Great Pic. I think it is historical at least.
I think that that is a really great pic. Too bad I was in school when the move occurred or I would have gone to see it.
Its so funny, that a railroad that can’t move freight, seems to be able to stage a photo op! There is something totally wrong with the picture.
Its called SPIN, spin and more spin…
I just can’t believe the same management has witnessed three melt-downs of their system in the last 10 years. Which caused millions of dollars of lose.
Guess its SPIN that makes stock grow, and the country prosper!
Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236