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BNSF northbound coal empty headed to Wyoming's Powder River Basin had two distributed power units (DPU); BNSF 5665 and BNSF 9741, SD70MAC. BNSF train on Angora Subdivision. Below; UP Sidney Local was westbound with UP 1593 and 1680 (SD40N units rebuilt by Union Pacific Jenks Shop). Rare catch on UP's Sidney Subdivision! :wink: |
AC4400CW
Diesel-electric locomotive
| Series: | 9-44CW |
| Build: | GE 1993−2004 (2598) |
| Gauge: | 1435 mm |
| UIC axles: | Co'Co' |
| Length: | 22.3 m |
| Height: | 4.72 m |
| Prime mover: | GE 7FDL-16 |
| Power output: | 3280 kW |
| Source: | en.wikipedia.org |
Career
 | BNSF AC4400CW | BNSF Railway | 30 |
| CEFX AC4400CW | CIT Equipment Finance Corporation | 3 |
| CFE AC4400CW | Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad | 1 |
| CNW AC4400CW | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | 1 |
 | CP AC4400CW | Canadian Pacific Railway | 29 |
| CSXT AC4400CW | CSX Transportation | 27 |
| CSXT CW44AH | CSX Transportation | 2 |
 | FXE AC4400CW | Ferromex | 1 |
| KCS AC4400CW | Kansas City Southern Railway | 6 |
| KCSM AC4400CW | Kansas City Southern de México | 7 |
| SP AC4400CW | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | 3 |
| UP AC4400CW | Union Pacific Railroad | 105 |
| UP C44AC/CTE | Union Pacific Railroad | 50 |
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BNSF coal trains near Antelope Mine, WY, 9 October 2015 Converse Junction, Wyoming, USA. The Powder River Basin is the largest coal mining region in the United States, but most of the coal is buried too deeply to be economically accessible. The Powder River Basin coal beds are shaped like elongated bowls and as mines expand from east to west i .. More |
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This is a good example of Distributed Power Units (DPU) in action. This train has two head-end units, three mid-train DPU's and a single DPU on the rear end of the train. All DPU's are controlled from the head-end, and can even be operated independently, meaning that the engineer can have his lead units switching over to dynamic brakin .. More |
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