Eastern Railroad Discussion > Vale export units thru Harrisburg

On my way home from work this fine Thanksgiving Eve in Harrisburg, I came across an 055 special with 7 export units for Vale in Brazil, seen here just east of the Harrisburg fuel pad, heading for the Lurgan Branch and points south....

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Saw them sitting in Enola yard this morning on my way through to points west. Couldn’t get into a good position for any pictures.

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What is the gauge of these engines?

Well, once they get trucks, 63".

Are these Tier 4? For export I'd think maybe not, but they appear to have the slanted radiators like the domestic T4's.

Just think, all this business has gone to Texas. Thanks Governor Wolf and the rest of the Harrisburg Politicians.

Jim
Hatboro, PA

Thanks to sscannella's heads-up at Harrisburg last night, we sighted NS 055 south thru Bealeton, VA at 9 am this morning. After waiting for 12R at Remington, it proceeded south at ~9:30 am.

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CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> Are these Tier 4? For export I'd think maybe not,
> but they appear to have the slanted radiators like
> the domestic T4's.

Designed for export, they do not meet USEPA Tier 4 standards.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/17 23:33 by Theowhitey.

Could these units be the last ones made in Eire?
EMD Brazil will produce SD80ACe's to Vale also.

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

63-inch gauge - that's 5-1/4 foot gauge!
Seems to not be narrow gauge -- or is it just me?

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

These units belongs to the broad gauge (1,600mm) system in the North.

Pedro

JimBaker Wrote:
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> 63-inch gauge - that's 5-1/4 foot gauge!
> Seems to not be narrow gauge -- or is it just me?

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

Theowhitey Wrote:
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> CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> > Are these Tier 4? For export I'd think maybe
> not,
> > but they appear to have the slanted radiators
> like
> > the domestic T4's.
>
> Designed for export, they don not meet USEPA Tier
> 4 standards.

Thanks, I didn't think export units had to. Would make sense for them to share carbodies with current U.S. units, which it appears they might.

These are ES58ACI models. There’s a number of them already on the roster at the EFC which is where they are going.

CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> Theowhitey Wrote:
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> > CPR_4000 Wrote:
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> > > Are these Tier 4? For export I'd think maybe
> > not,
> > > but they appear to have the slanted radiators
> > like
> > > the domestic T4's.
> >
> > Designed for export, they don not meet USEPA
> Tier
> > 4 standards.
>
> Thanks, I didn't think export units had to. Would
> make sense for them to share carbodies with
> current U.S. units, which it appears they might.

These units are going to Vale's unit at Carajas which is broad gauge.

Vale's other mainline is from Belo Horizonte to Vitoria, and is meter gauge. I wrote an article on it for Trains, October 2015. https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/trn151001

Adam

Broad gauge and 5800 hp. Oughta be a great sight and sound in person

Coalca Wrote:
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> Broad gauge and 5800 hp. Oughta be a great sight
> and sound in person

5800HP? 12 or 16 cylinder engine?
Please clarify.

Here what I found on them:

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_ES58ACi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Evolution_Series


dash944cw Wrote:
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> Coalca Wrote:
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> > Broad gauge and 5800 hp. Oughta be a great
> sight
> > and sound in person
>
> 5800HP? 12 or 16 cylinder engine?
> Please clarify.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

pedrop Wrote:
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> EMD Brazil will produce SD80ACe's to Vale also.
>

Pedro,

How many SD80ACe's are on order and when is delivery scheduled?

Dave

Dave, at this time EMD is producing more 20 SD70BB's to VLI. Some guys here commented that after this order, EMD will produce some SD80 to Vale, but noboby are sure about the quantity. I imagine it will be the same amount of GE ES58 on production in USA right now. Maybe 15 to 20 units.

bogieman Wrote:
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> pedrop Wrote:
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> > EMD Brazil will produce SD80ACe's to Vale also.
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> Pedro,
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> How many SD80ACe's are on order and when is
> delivery scheduled?
>
> Dave

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

dash944cw Wrote:
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> Coalca Wrote:
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> > Broad gauge and 5800 hp. Oughta be a great
> sight
> > and sound in person
>
> 5800HP? 12 or 16 cylinder engine?
> Please clarify.


16 cylinder Evolution Series engine (GEVO 16)