6000 Horsepower SD90MAC-H II 8525. They had a short life. I'm glad I made the effort to catch them. Second unit is a GE 6000 horsepower unit AC6000CW 7551. At least on these, the locomotives survi... (more)
Ravaged by arson and subsequent explosions in 2001, the Riverside Grain Products building in the background was demolished in 2005. The CP 9302, never living up to CPs expectations, was sold for s... (more)
Two new SD90MAC-H II 8553 and 8555 sandwich an ex Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8613. The two ill-fated 6000 Horse EMD's have just cut off their train at Union Pacific's Salt Lake Cities, North yard. M... (more)
6000 HP MACs ! A pair of 6000 horsepower SD90MAC-H II units are on the head end of a heavy eastbound unit train as it climbs Sherman Hill. The train is about to enter Hermosa Tunnel
I sight I only got to see once, three SD90MAC-H II, 6000 horsepower EMD's. Brand new 8551, 8552 and a few months older 8525 are just about to enter Salt Lake Cities north yard. The 6000 horsepower... (more)
The ill-fated CP 9300 pauses for the conductor to align some switches as it departs Thunder Bay with train 441. The CP 9300 and the three other SD90MAC-H IIs owned by CP were scrapped several year... (more)
The remains of the cab from a former EMD SD90MAC-H2 built for Union Pacific are seen resting on the ground these days instead of pulling a heavy trains as intended. Although the locomotive model ... (more)
Lucky for me, CP 9300 and the other SD90MAC-H IIs were typically used on train 441 out of Thunder Bay for their last couple years before early retirement so I saw them fairly often. All have been ... (more)
JLCX now HZRX 8542, 8534 and 8555 have been parted out and handed over to the scraper and will soon meet their demise. A fourth 90 was cut cut a few weeks later.
I'm sure these two units have really been through a lot over their lives, but few locomotives have as hard of a life as a testbed like EMDX 91. Taken at Mid-America Car in Kansas City.
