Eastern Railroad Discussion > New GE Power for NS in 2017

NS will be receiving an order of 50 new locomotives in 2017 from General Electric, which will include 34 ET44AC Tier 4 certified units and 16 ES44AC Tier 4 credit units. The ET44AC's will be numbered as NS 3647-3680 and the ES44AC units will be numbered NS 8169-8184. All 50 units will be built at the GE plant in Ft. Worth, TX.


Chris Toth
NSDash9.com

Well, at least that's 16 new units that actually chug.

The first Dash 9 DC to AC rebuild is also underway in Fort Worth. NS 8811 was the donor and it should be finished sometime in 2017. More conversions will happen as 2017 progresses.

DC

DuneCoon Wrote:
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> The first Dash 9 DC to AC rebuild is also underway in Fort Worth. NS 8811 was the donor and it should
> be finished sometime in 2017. More conversions will happen as 2017 progresses.

NS is planning 57 additional AC44C6M units (NS 4018-4074) to be rebuilt from NS Dash 9-40C's for 2017. Of those, 25 (4018-4042) will be rebuilt by GE at its Ft. Worth, TX plant; 10 (4043-4052) will be rebuilt at the NS Roanoke Locomotive Shop in Roanoke, VA; and 22 (4053-4074) will be rebuilt at the NS Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, PA. Dash 9-40C's 8775, 8788, 8805, 8811, 8851, 8859, 8875, 8881 and 8888 have already been retired. Of those, 8775, 8811 and 8875 are at GE - Ft. Worth for rebuilding as NS 4018, 4019 and 4026; 8805 and 8851 are at Roanoke being rebuilt as 4043 and 4044; and 8881, 8775, 8859, and 8888 are at Altoona for rebuilding as 4053-4056.

My full roster of the existing NS AC44C6M rebuilds, as well as the latest on the 2017 units can be found here: http://www.nsdash9.com/rosters/4000.html


Chris Toth
NSDash9.com

 

Glad that I got that  8888 when I did back a few weeks ago on 10/24 heading west for St.Louis

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I had thought (mistakenly) that there could be no additional Tier 4 Credit Units
​beyond 2016.  What are the "terms and conditions" that allow these credits to
continue, and for how long ?

Hopefully the last person in Erie will turn out the lights. Sad!

Posted from Android

Erie shops have been cranking out a lot of export units lately.

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Erie shops have been cranking out a lot of export
> units lately.
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> Posted from Android

That won't support two facilities for long.  Again, sad days in Erie.

There isn't necessary a limit on credit units. When you combine distributed power and an energy management system (Trip Optimizer or LEADER), every Tier 4 emissions certified unit sold can result in an emissions credit unit sold.

It's not only Pakistan units rolling through Erie. The first CSX Dash 8 DC to DC rebuild was completed with 9 more in the works.


DC

Anyone know why the links don't open on my new iPhone 7? I get a blank (warning) page. Thx
Brian

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It opened up just fine with my iPhone six plus.

Larry

Does anybody know any more about this rebuilding of former CSX C40-8's?  Are they going back to CSX?  What's involved in the rebuild?
Thanks for any info!

The CSX units are being rebuilt as DC units just like they went in. The difference is they are receiving Evolution Series software making them,in effect, Dash 8 Gevo's. I would figure a cab upgrade would be performed too.  Perhaps someone else could explain it better but that's all I know.