Sunset power - During one of my last days visiting Bethlehem and Allentown, we stopped outside the old steel plant and were able to catch an intermodal headed west in last light.
Railroad
Norfolk Southern
Class
AC44C6M
Road Number
NS 4229
Line/Subdivision
Harrisburg (I believe)
Location
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Date Taken
August 20, 2020
Date Uploaded
November 14, 2022
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Sunset power - During one of my last days visiting Bethlehem and Allentown, we stopped outside the old steel plant and were able to catch an intermodal headed west in last light.
Disabled vet from White Oak, loves railfanning and taking photography from shire oaks, to Conway to Altoona and everywhere inbetween.
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.
NS 4229 is a class AC44C6M and is pictured in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. This was taken along the Harrisburg (I believe) on the Norfolk Southern. Photo Copyright: Brett Pupich uploaded to Railroad Gallery on 11/14/2022. This photograph of NS 4229 was taken on Thursday, August 20, 2020. All Rights Reserved.
