An eastbound coal load, led by Burlington Northern EMD SD60MAC No. 9500 along with a pair of newer BN/BNSF SD70MACs, slowly grinds upgrade toward the top of Crawford Hill at Belmont, Nebraska, on ... (more)

BN SD60MAC`s testing on CSX in Atlanta , Ga

A quartet of SD60MACs were built by EMD to test Siemens alternating current traction equipment and the builder’s HTCR-II radial (steerable) truck. Constructed on a 74-foot frame, the 3,800 hp SD... (more)

BN 9500 leads 2 more SD60MACs on a Soo Line train headed north toward La Crescent, MN having just passed through Bellevue, IA. BN had EMD demos numbered BN 9500-9503 and testing of these units led... (more)

In 1991 EMD and BN jumped into the AC technology. EMD built 4 SD60MAC's prototype units for the BN to test out and were painted in a modified BN scheme. Tests proved successful and paved the road ... (more)

The bare ground parallel to this southbound coal train is now occupied by RTD's first light rail line.

Three Burlington Northern EMD SD60MACs power Soo Line No. 430 through a lazy s-curve along the Mississippi River south of Bellevue, Iowa, on October 17, 1993. Soo was testing these locomotives at ... (more)

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 and is meeting train No. 431 led by a Soo SD60 at Green Island, Iowa, on... (more)

One of the Burlington Northern/EMD SD60MAC demonstrators leads a BNSF coal train headed around the upper horseshoe on Crawford Hill. April, 1998. A four-set of BN SD40-2's with a fuel tender push ... (more)

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MAC demonstraters in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 through the Iowa countryside north of Green Island on Octob... (more)

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 and is meeting train No. 431’s passing caboose at Green Island, Iowa. ... (more)

Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 lead Soo Line train No. 430 up 2nd street in downtown Bellevue, Iowa, on October 17, 1993.

One of three EMD/BN Prototype SD60MAC's, BN 9500 leads an eastbound manifest train out of BN's Eola Yard, while Brand New BN coal hoppers head west for their first revenue run.