Rare Executive SD70MAC on The BNSF
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Once the king of coal hauling, SD70MAC's have become a rare breed in the modern railroading. Seeing them in mainline service, let alone leading a hotshot Z train is rare these days. Compounding this, is seeing one STILL in Burlington Northern colors!!
In this video, we'll chase BNSF 9650, which is still in its famed BN Executive colors as it leads a HOT Z-SSECHE stack train. While I've chased many trains on the Staples Sub, and Twin Cities area, this one went FAST! Starting out in Lincoln, the trains races past in the early morning sun. After this, we'll see it a few more times before it hits the Twin Cities. After performing a quick setout, we'll see it under the classic signals of Hoffman Ave, and lastly in Prescott, WI. An added bonus as the trailing unit, BNSF 1020, and H1 C44-9W. This consist is right out of the mid 90s!
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One of EMD's greatest hits. When brand new, these were some of the prettiest painted locomotives out there. Dark green and cream, accented with those reflective red pinstripes, truly a class look; the only thing equal would be the Conrail Quality SD-80 MAC's. Happy to see these worthy units still leading in today's BNSF. Long may the MAC's run!
Nice video.... can't say that green/beige(or whatever it's officially called) reaches out and grabs me....
Green and cream are what most people go with for this paint scheme. In the days of film, the colors didn't always process correctly for the green, so you'd see all sorts of variations with it. Thanks for watching!
Super amazing video ❗😊😊😘😘 I have a tremendous fascination with trains too. Once, I took the train from Ottawa to Edmonton. It was a real blast.❤❤ Then, I took the train from Vancouver to Seattle.🤩🤩🤩 Thank you for your super cool video.🙏
I appreciate, and thank you for the kind words on the video! Travel by train is great, and very relaxing. Thank you for watching!
Very nice video...I’ve got 2 g scale locos in the Executive paint scheme😊
Very cool! I wish seeing this type of leader was more common in 2024.
I've read and heard that the majority of the SD70MACS don't have PTC (like you mentioned in the video), but there's a few of them (Like the one in the video) that has them, which makes them suitable to lead. Otherwise, they are said to mainly be DPU's or used as extra power nowadays. I still see them from time to time going in and out of the BNSF Argentine yard usually as DPU's. I recently saw a rebuilt BNSF MAC that was in H3 and had PTC.
BNSF has actually reactivated several executive macs lately because I have seen a decent amount of them going through Fort Madison Iowa lately along with their regular h2 painted macs. I thought for sure that the year of 2023 would be the last time I would ever see them but I thought wrong so I am curious to what the future is for their sd70macs.
Fantastic catch and video of this unit. Have a wonderful rest of your Monday.(Steve)
Many thanks, and glad you enjoyed the video. It was a FAST chase.
@@SD457500 Your welcome and nerve wracking I bet also.
Wow, how cool to still be able to see not just one, but TWO locomotives from the 1990s still wearing their original paint schemes! Sweet! I remember seeing these new SD70MAC freight engines when they had the "BN" on the front of them. I was living in Colorado Springs, CO near the then AT&SF / Rio Grande "Joint Line", (now the BNSF / UP Joint Line) at the time when these were being assigned to unit coal trains. These trains averaged about 150 cars long and were typically coming from the Powder River Basin to power plants around that part of the country. I have HO models of these BNSF SD70MAC's but in the BNSF "Heritage II" scheme from Kato. The SD70MAC was actually a "continuation" of the "experimental" SD60MAC that were built in a "partnership", between EMD and Siemens. There were just a few of these units built around 1992 / 93? Then the production of the SD70MAC began.
Excelente me encantan esas sd70mac aun e visto en videos que variadas de esas están actualmente arrubadas en patios por que bnsf no las vende a ferrocarriles con falta de máquinas como ferromex en México que esta necesitando fuerza motriz para mover su flete
Now i see why they called it a vomit bonnet.
Totally different unit, that was the BNSF 9647, and a one off unit at that. Over 300 units received the BN executive colors.
At the 5 minute mark, you were only a block south of my house. lol
MaC ✨ nifico ✅⚡
Glad you enjoyed it! This train was MOVING!
What a train! You really nailed these shots, excellent work
Thanks a lot, and glad you enjoyed it! This was a FAST chase, but so worth it. Thank you for watching!
Now that’s a catch! Great to see one leading especially as they’re so hard to find now. Every time I head down to my grandparents in Iowa, I always try to see if I can capture a few “Big Macs” in action on the Creston Sub, even though most are relegated to DPU power now.
I caught this at the Swanton, Ohio coal yard on the NS Chicago line! Same exact locomotive, BNSF 9650
Very cool, and small world! Was this recently?
@@SD457500It was last Saturday, very recent
Thank you for uploading this. Great to see the SD70 MAC in action again.
What a cool video Douglas! Nice footage you share still :)
Glad you enjoyed it, and appreciate the comment!
What an excellent final shot with the water looking very blue against the snowy landscape
Great footage Douglas! That was a fun chase of this guy!
Nice to hear the original horn on it.
Agreed; it was a nice extra perk. I knew I had to get it at a grade crossing, and get at least one crossing sequence. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your time going out and filming this beautiful locomotive! The Burlington Northern Executive Painted BNSF Railway EMD SD70MAC, the BNSF Railway Heritage One Painted GE C44-9CW, and GE ET44AC with the BNSF Railway Heritage 3 Paint DPU trailing.
You're quite welcome! It was a throw back set of power to the 90s on the head end. I hope those MACs and H1s hang around a while longer.