"Back for round two" - Just a few days ago this past Sunday, I saw this same AC44C6M leading A431. Now yesterday I saw this same unit trailing this time on A431 during golden hour
Railroad
Canadian National Railway
Class
GE AC44C6M
Road Number
CN 3302
Line/Subdivision
CN Centralia subdivision
Location
Centralia, Illinois, USA
Date Taken
April 26, 2023
Date Uploaded
April 27, 2023
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"Back for round two" - Just a few days ago this past Sunday, I saw this same AC44C6M leading A431. Now yesterday I saw this same unit trailing this time on A431 during golden hour
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GE AC44C6M
The GE AC44C6M is a refurbished Dash 9 locomotive from GE Transportation Systems that has 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) of AC-traction. Since September 2015, GE (now Wabtec), American Motive Power, Inc., and Norfolk Southern Railway's Juniata and Roanoke Shops have been doing AC44C6M rebuilds. The AC44C6M replaces the Dash 9's DC traction motors with alternating current GE 5GEB13B7 traction motors while keeping the 16-cylinder 7FDL-16 prime mover that was previously used in the core locomotive. The rebuilds still contain the original Dash 9 units' underframe, engine, and radiator compartments, but they have new wide-nosed cabins, a new front hood section, and a new inverter cabinet. The cost of converting a vintage Dash 9 locomotive into an AC44C6M is only 50–60% of purchasing a brand new Tier-4 Compliant locomotive. In comparison to an un-rebuilt Dash 9, the AC44C6M is found to have an improvement of 17% in fuel efficiency, 30% improvement in reliability, and a 55% improvement in haulage capability according to Wabtec.
CN 3302 is a class GE AC44C6M and is pictured in Centralia, Illinois, USA. This was taken along the CN Centralia subdivision on the Canadian National Railway. Photo Copyright: Blaise Lambert uploaded to Railroad Gallery on 04/27/2023. This photograph of CN 3302 was taken on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. All Rights Reserved.