Really nice paint scheme they used for the event!
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I find it ironic that CAT resisted aligning itself with any builder for so long (and lost business because of it) and now they are in with both feet.
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There are a lot of subtile spotting features on this unit, so it appears to be the first phase production Tier IV SD70ACe.
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Looking good!
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Reminds of the old DRG&W paint scheme
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The livery is great for coal mining railroads as well
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Wild shot in a wild setting along with a, well, y'know - wild paint scheme!
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Now that is a paint scheme!
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Very nice encore to all of the Heritage units. I hope this one gets out on the road after the Expo.
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We thought the MPI MK5000C would be the last of the big CAT powered locomotives. The 5000 horsepower was apparently too much for the generators to handle. Perhaps EMD has found a way to make things work.
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| Posted by JDay on September 25, 2012 | |
Love the photo, but not a big fan of the lighter gray stripes. They look like duct tape.
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CAT didn't align itself with EMD, CAT bought EMD and moved locomotive production back to America.
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So cool :)
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It must have been fun getting the locomotive inside the convention hall.
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You know it, Ry! I was standing on the cab deck of a huge Caterpillar mining truck to get this shot. It was amazing to see an SD70ACe parked amidst all of Cat's impressive mining equipment - not to mention the fact that Cat purchased EMD to begin with - I'm still pinching myself about that move!
From what I heard from one trade magazine editor who attended Cat's press conference yesterday, it took quite an effort to truck it 2 miles from the UP main to the LV Conference Center and then to place it within the Cat booth. Apparently the floor had to be reinforced to handle this 210-ton beast. What's especially interesting is that it's wearing EMD's name on the side, not the Cat logo - very unusual for the company, which guards its image very jealously.
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| Posted by otlocal on September 25, 2012 | |
Looks more Lemon yellow than CAT, yellow.
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UGLY...Hopefully that paint scheme will not survive.
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| Posted by NYC Man on September 26, 2012 | |
So, is it Cat powered? Or 710?
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It's 710 powered. Also, contrary to some rumors that were circulating around the web the last several weeks, it is a standard 710 engine - not a new Tier 4 compliant prime mover.
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| Posted by Greg T. on September 26, 2012 | |
I have always thought the 'ACE' as an ugly locomotive, but this paint sceme is good.
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Caterpillar did not buy EMD, Progress Rail Services did
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| Posted by Brian K on September 27, 2012 | |
And CAT owns Progress Rail. Ergo, CAT owns EMD
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I live in Las Vegas and I didn't hear a word of any of the plans to transfer the locomotive when it arrived, or when it was going to arrive or where. Union Pacific was very secretive about the whole thing as usual. I didn't see any equipment near the mainline at any location at any time to make the transfer. Must have happened at night somewhere near Sahara Blvd or Spring Mountain. Maybe someone will get lucky and get a photo as they return it to the rails.
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| Posted by on September 28, 2012 | |
The rail industry has never really accepted the original CAT engine designs, whereas the mining industry has. CAT Yellow paint on a railroad demonstrator is hardly going to be a sales plus for CAT. To an educated person, it should be obvious why the demo SD70ACEs came in a variation of traditional EMD demo colors of blue/white/black, instead of yellow. CAT yellow on a demonstrator targeted for a rail industry audience would lead to a big fat sales raspberry.
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Is that a potted plant just off to the right of the right hand side of this locomotive? (In front of the end of the foreground-side rail?) Nice touch. Great photo, too!
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| Posted by otlocal on September 29, 2012 | |
I understood this was a Minexpo,for the Minning Indutsry,not Railroads, it seems like an educated person would know that.The color would be almost irrelavent as long as it served the Mine buyers purpose,and i'm fairly certain that Yellow, was supposed to be relavtive to Cat,which most mine operators are very familiar with,not Lemon Yellow,which indicative of just that..Lemons.
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| Posted by Tugboat on October 3, 2012 | |
Was this taken before or after the show started? It really was humbling to see how small that locomotive really is next to the trucks and shovels.
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It was taken during the first day of the show. Yes, it did look rather small next to several ultra-class mining trucks.
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| Posted by JWash1 on October 28, 2012 | |
Progress Rail Services, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Did Purchase EMD
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nice shot
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I don't know about guys but I've never liked the look of the engine.
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