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Western Railroad Discussion > Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work.Date: 07/04/26 15:51 Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work. Author: spider1319 First view is west of Livingston on the BNSF MRL 2nd Sub, a three pack helper set of 70MACs shove a grain train up Bozeman Pass. Yard duty at Alliance South Yard of BNSF is the second image . The third image is of the not so fortunate dealine of 70MACs at BNSFs Alliance Yard. June 2026 Photos by permission. Bill Webb
   Date: 07/04/26 22:37 Re: Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work. Author: MP555 Very few continue to work, currently.
The 8 SD70MACs in service are restricted to local division use: BNSF 8908 Butte, MT BNSF 8923 Powder River Division BNSF 9574 Tulsa, OK hump BNSF 9621 Alliance, NE yard BNSF 9625 Powder River Division BNSF 9691 Powder River Division BNSF 9808 Butte, MT BNSF 9948 Alliance, NE yard 11 of the 21 SD70MACes are in service. Only one is used in the system-wide pool. BNSF 9716 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9717 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9718 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9721 system-wide use BNSF 9728 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9730 Springfield, MO helper BNSF 9738 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9748 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9750 Springfield, MO helper BNSF 9767 ex-MRL helper BNSF 9772 ex-MRL helper Date: 07/05/26 10:07 Re: Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work. Author: BoostedFridge Great post, and follow up information. You did especially well shooting these units in action Spider, especially after seeing how few are still working.
I see 9406 in the deadline photo. I'm amazed that unit hasn't been scrapped yet, as it was one of the initial units of the first order that had mechanical fuel injection as opposted to EFI. Date: 07/05/26 12:31 Re: Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work. Author: ble692 BoostedFridge Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I see 9406 in the deadline photo. I'm amazed > that unit hasn't been scrapped yet, as it was one > of the initial units of the first order that had > mechanical fuel injection as opposted to EFI. 9406 was actually in service earlier this year... https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,6170081,6172660#msg-6172660 Date: 07/06/26 02:51 Re: Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work. Author: coach Are they beyond rebuilding? That 710 engine has proven itself, and I can't but help wonder if rebuilding would be good? Just asking.
Date: 07/14/26 07:35 Re: Some BNSF 70MACs Continue to Work. Author: ns1000 coach Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Are they beyond rebuilding? That 710 engine has > proven itself, and I can't but help wonder if > rebuilding would be good? Just asking. It's a combination of age and the MACs are not liked by all the crews compared to the 6 axle ES44s. Posted from Android |