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An NS South Fork crew was securing their engines for the night on Friday, 18 November 2016 when an electrical fire broke out in the cab of NS 7210 (CR 4118). There were no injuries, but the SD80MAC’s cab interior was completely destroyed. The unit was hauled to the Juniata Shops in Altoona where it
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and were scrapped. As of January 2022, the Conrail Historical Society was in contact with Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited hoping to have one SD80MAC set aside for preservation, after failing to make an agreement with Progress Rail.
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placed an order as well but it was changed to SD90MACs. Conrail planned a second order of SD80MACs, but its new owners changed the order to SD70s and SD70MACs, all of which would be built at the Juniata Shops in Altoona.
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models. Key spotting differences between the SD80MAC and SD90MAC include no external rear sandbox on the SD90MAC, no rear lighted number boards on the SD90MAC, and the placement of the front numberboards (above the
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model. These locomotives feature Tier 1 compliant 20-710G3C-ES engines, with 5,300 HP (3.9MW) @ 950 RPM. The design is currently for export only, and these specific locomotives will run on Vale Mining's
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CSX 4594, formerly CSX 804, and built as CR 4110, was scrapped in January 2014 after being used as a parts donor following a derailment in early 2009.
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windows on the SD80MAC, on the nose on most SD90MACs). The SD80MAC also had recessed red marker lights in the nose, an identifying feature unique to
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units (NS 3425–3447) for CSX's remaining 12 SD80MACs, leaving NS as the model's sole operator. They were delivered to the NS in April 2015.
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was buried in a deadline until it was among the units that were sold off to Progress Rail. The unit met its end in December 2021.
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variant, with an up-tweaked EMD 20N-710G3B-EC engine, capable of producing 5,500 HP (4.1MW) @ 910 RPM, to serve the
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at the rear of the locomotive, which is a quieter location, features that were incorporated into the
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Weight: 210 short tons (187.5 long tons; 190.5 t); 420,000 lb (190,500 kg))
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by reducing the weight. The seven locomotives of the class were developed indigenously by
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6 Siemens 1TB2830 AC motors mounted 3 each on 2 HTCR-2 Radial Self Steering trucks.
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Vale Mining of Brazil ordered a set of seven updated locomotives designated as the
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Cooling water capacity: 342 US gal (1,290 L; 285 imp gal)
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Fuel capacity: 5,800 US gal (22,000 L; 4,800 imp gal)
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Lube oil capacity: 510 US gal (1,900 L; 420 imp gal)
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After the split of Conrail in 1999, the SD80MACs were split up between the
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4,900 US gal (19,000 L; 4,100 imp gal)(SD80ACe)
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5,800 US gal (22,000 L; 4,800 imp gal)(SD80MAC)
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1,981 US gal (7,500 L; 1,650 imp gal)(GT50AC)
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as parts sources, remaining units sold to Progress Rail and scrapped.
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Another broad gauge variant also came in 2012 only, that is, the
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The technical details of this locomotive model are as follows:
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Continuous tractive effort: 147,000 lbf (650 kN)
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series. It introduced a wide radiator housing similar to
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Starting tractive effort: 185,000 lbf (820 kN)
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Continuous torque: 12,900 N⋅m (9,500 lbf⋅ft)
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Continuous (80MAC): 147,000 lbf (653.89 kN)
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Starting (SD80MAC): 185,000 lbf (822.92 kN)
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Starting torque: 16,300 N⋅m (12,000 lbf⋅ft)
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Continuous (GT50AC): 91,047 lbf (405.00 kN)
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Starting (GT50AC): 125,893 lbf (560.00 kN)
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Starting (80ACe): 191,000 lbf (849.61 kN)
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SD80MAC Operator's Manual 1st Edition February 1996
861: 778:Electo-Motive Division of General Motors (1996). 1361:Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States 1342: 606:rebuilds. The remainder of the NS fleet went to 16:Model of diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD 1381:Standard gauge locomotives of the United States 742:Braking effort: 96,000 lbf (430 kN)) 649:Displacement: 14,200 cubic inches (233 L) 847: 594:In February 2020, following the beginning of 510:Prior to the 1995 merger with Union Pacific, 495:All 30 SD80MAC units built were delivered to 451:. It was powered by a 20-cylinder version of 626: 782:. Electo-Motive Division of General Motors. 854: 840: 733:Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km/h) 231:432,500 lb (196,000 kg)(SD80ACe) 221:15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)(80ACe) 211:76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)(80ACe) 209:80 ft 2 in (24.43 m)(80MAC) 219:15 ft 5 in (4.70 m)(80MAC) 229:420,000 lb (191,000 kg)(80MAC) 705:Rated output: 638 kW (856 hp) 1386:Railway locomotives introduced in 1995 1343: 711:Wheel size: 45 in (1,143 mm) 61:General Motors Electro-Motive Division 835: 1391:Electro-Motive Division locomotives 809: 514:placed an order of 15 locomotives. 13: 14: 1402: 1351:Electro-Motive Diesel locomotives 512:Chicago and North Western Railway 467:locomotives and the placement of 29: 677:Electro-Motive Diesel TA22-CA8A 803: 789: 1: 749: 546:Indian locomotive class WDG-5 757:"EMD SD80ACe Specifications" 600:Canadian Pacific Kansas City 424:Canadian Pacific Kansas City 7: 617: 488:(CR) locomotives, although 414:Indian Railways 50001-50007 323:75 mph (121 km/h) 10: 1407: 714:Max revolutions: 3,435 rpm 449:diesel-electric locomotive 422:NS (SD80MAC): six sold to 201:45 in (1,143 mm) 1326: 1291:Eight-axle road switchers 1290: 1054: 873: 627:SD80MAC technical details 418: 402: 376: 371: 367: 345: 327: 319: 314: 310: 296: 286: 273: 247: 235: 225: 215: 205: 197: 187: 151: 140: 129: 120: 115: 111: 93: 77: 67: 56: 46: 41: 37: 28: 23: 874:Four-axle road switchers 723:Maximum voltage: 2,183 V 577:Norfolk Southern Railway 566:Banaras Locomotive Works 548:, a smaller and lighter 535:) broad gauge trackage. 529:5 ft 3 in 1332:List of EMD locomotives 1055:Six-axle road switchers 689:Maximum current: 8100 680:Maximum voltage: 2600 640:Electro-Motive Diesel 453:EMD's 710G prime mover 393:Vale Mining (SD80ACe), 773:on 24 September 2015. 764:EMD and Progress Rail 505:Altoona, Pennsylvania 501:Pennsylvania Railroad 824:on 14 November 2004. 544:, also known as the 341:(4.0 MW)(80ACe) 335:(3.7 MW)(80MAC) 81:1995–1996 (SD80MAC), 1376:Conrail locomotives 1366:Freight locomotives 655:Full speed: 904 rpm 560:was developed from 315:Performance figures 1046:GP60, GP60B, GP60M 971:GP38-2/38-2L/38-2W 799:. 20 January 2022. 585:CSX Transportation 581:CSX Transportation 1338: 1337: 596:COVID-19 pandemic 558:EMD GT46MAC WDG-4 465:GE Transportation 434: 433: 430: 429: 363: 362: 306: 305: 107: 106: 71:SD80MAC, SD80ACe, 1398: 1112:SD38/SD38M/SDP38 856: 849: 842: 833: 832: 826: 825: 823: 817:. 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Diesel-electric
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
AAR
UIC
Gauge
standard gauge
Trucks
Prime mover
EMD
20-710G3B-ES
20-710G3C-ES
20N-710G3B-EC
V20
diesel
Cylinders
diesel electric
hp
hp
Tractive effort
Conrail
Norfolk Southern
CSX
Indian Railways
Class
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
horsepower
C-C
diesel-electric locomotive
EMD's 710G prime mover

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