Western Railroad Discussion > Old CN unit in BNSF power consist

I couldn't resist grabbing a picture of a BNSF manifest freight in Olathe, KS, today when I observed the train approaching with an older model Canadian National engine unit in the locomotive consist.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/09 17:49 by thtinc41ed.

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This old CN loco was built in 1999,

bnsfkid

CN's got stuff a LOT older than that still on the roster.

Anyone have the full pedigree and specs of the pictured CN engine unit? Is this model still being manufactured?

thtinc41ed Wrote:
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> Anyone have the full pedigree and specs of the
> pictured CN engine unit? Is this model still being
> manufactured?

This would be a SD75I. The unit is a 4300 horsepower locomotive with an isolated cab. She is an uprated version of the SD70M that Santa Fe and Canadian National purchased. This unit is no longer manufactured, having been replaced in the catalogue by the SD70M-2 (the D.C. sister to the A.C. SD70ACE).

The CN and Santa Fe didn't buy SD70M's, they bought SD75M's. The only difference with this one is the isolated cab.

Pump

BNSF6400 Wrote:
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> This would be a SD75I. The unit is a 4300
> horsepower locomotive with an isolated cab. She
> is an uprated version of the SD70M that Santa Fe
> and Canadian National purchased.

thtinc41ed Wrote:
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> Anyone have the full pedigree and specs of the
> pictured CN engine unit? Is this model still being
> manufactured?


Go here and look up the number, which is in big white numbers on the side of the cab: http://www.thedieselshop.us/CN.HTML

You'll see that it is an EMD SD75I, type aformentioned model into wikipedia to find: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_SD75I

Oh the web, what a powerful resource...if only we knew how to utilize it.

UPTRAIN Wrote:
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> The CN and Santa Fe didn't buy SD70M's, they
> bought SD75M's. The only difference with this one
> is the isolated cab.
>
> Pump

One small correction here. CN picked up 26 SD70I's in 1995 (5600-5625) before moving to SD75Is in 1996.

Midwest

Here is one of them SD70I's on Ns 184 in Bellevue Ohio. Leading was Equally rare SD40 6000.

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