Microprocessor controls and EMD’s new 710G engine first appeared together in SD60 demonstrators EMD 1 through 4 between May and June 1984. Years later, the prototypes were still testing new tech... (more)
EMD3, BN 5558,9288,7187 struggle to move eastbound coal near Bill.
EMD SD60 No. 3 rests in Cheyenne with some big company in the form of 6936. I believe number 3 had been re-trucked by EMD with HTCR self-steering trucks and was testing on UP.
Westbound BNSF coal empties approach Sentinel Butte on the edge of the North Dakota badlands
On a typical Nortwest day, the last EMD-owned SD60 Demo, still in its 24-years-young EMD Demo paint, leads the Everett - Pasco manifest southbound down the Seattle Sub towards Vancouver.
Coal loads pass the old Dri-Line depot on the riverfront in Davenport. The utility box raised on the pole at the left indicates we are standing below the Mississippi River floodplain. This area ... (more)
This train came off the BN at Ottumwa and onto the SOO where it is seen passing Nahant Yard nearing its destination at the Riverside Generating Plant on the other side of town. K200 scanned
Look Ma, no ditch lights anywhere in this scene! BN coal loads make their way through West Dav yard. This power was leased to the BN. K200 scanned
The demo. SD60 leads a coal load past Dengate Siding east of town.
Ex-demo unit EMD 3 in a nice consist leads coal empties en route to the mines.
This is my second A-B-A lash-up in two days. EMD 3, one of only three demonstrators, is in charge of this one! A GP60B and a Bluebonnet GP60 follow making for a sweet consist.
Ex-demo EMD 3 idles in the TRRA Madison yard.
Regular Merchandise Train from Galesburg, IL - Superior, WI.
