Talk:EMD SD90MAC

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Ok, I have some problems with the last edit, other than the obvious typographical ones. Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure where to double-check the information given.

The SD90MAC was a failiure with only 2(technically 3) railroads purchasing it: Canadian Pacific(CP/CP Rail) and Union Pacific(UP). The Southern Pacific(SP/ESPEE) had an order for 3 but with the advent of the UP merger before completion they were delivered in UP colors with the short lived "We Will Deliver" paint scheme.

I'd rather not characterize a locmotive as a success or failure based only on the number of roads that bought them, especially given the number of class 1s left and that the AC6000W, its main competitor, only got 3 roads to my knolwdge.

The Chicago and NorthWestern Railway(CNW) would have purchased some SD80MAC that would have been upgraded to SD90MAC but they were cancelled by UP.A few were temporaraly upgraded to 6000 HP but problems made EMD Shun the 6000 HP program.In the end allof the units should technically be called SD75MAC's.

I have to admit I'm a little confused here. I suspect the editor is confusing the SD80MAC and the SD90/43MAC, but I can't be sure. Problems with the upgrade program should go in the article, but under the SD90/43MAC paragraph, rather than the SD90MAC-H paragraph. As far as calling them SD75MACs, that ignores the tractive effort, fuel capacity, length, and weight, and that statement only refers to the SD90/43MAC locomotives. I guess my first impulse is to just revert the edit, but I'd like to avoid removing some of that information if it's accurate. -- ckape (talk) 03:34, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image added

I caught a SD90/43MAC as the trailing unit of a freight train and snapped a picture, which I've put up. AC units are very rare around these parts. It's far from the best photo, but it's better than nothing until we get one. —Morven 07:04, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC)