--SD70Ace is the final version of EMD's SD70 series and is an advanced version of the AC motor drive SD70MAC.
――It complies with the US exhaust gas regulations that have been applied in recent years, and features a large radiator and fan at the top of the bonnet.
――Because of its affordable size of 4300 horsepower, it is used in all four major road names and is playing an active role at the forefront of double stack container trains and Cole Porter coal trains. Among them, UP is the most user, and has a merger commemorative painting machine of the old road name that the company merged (the number is set to the year of merger), and you can see colorful locomotives.
- Features:
-Accurately reproduce the vivid painting of the D & R GW and SP merger commemorative issue.
-Equipped with USA knuckle coupler. DCC friendly support.
-Accurately reproduce the plate-shaped number board. Further lit.
[UP (Union Pacific Railroad) EMD SD70ACe Heritage Painting]
--UP (Union Pacific Railroad) repainted 6 EMDSD70ACe locomotives with the heritage paint image of each railway company from 2005 to 2006 in order to retain the image of the merged railway company, and the body number is each The year of the merger of the railway companies has been assigned.
--Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) # 1982, Western Pacific Railroad (WP) # 1983, Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad (MKT) # 1988, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D & RGW) # In 1989, the Kago and North Western Railroad (C & NW) was assigned # 1995 and the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) was assigned # 1996.
――It is gaining popularity due to exhibitions at events held in various parts of the United States and multiple running of heritage paintings.
――All aircraft are still active, and they are incorporated into normal operation, and when you see them, they are very popular as lucky items.
[SD70ACe UP # 1989 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D & RGW)]
--Announced at UP's Special Employee Event on June 17, 2006 in Denver, Colorado.
――The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway is famous for California Zephyr in Japan and operated between Denver and Salt Lake City.
[History of UP (Union Pacific Railroad)]
Established in 1862: Approved by then-President Abraham Lincoln to rail the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean during the Civil War.
1869: Connected to the Central Pacific Railroad to become the first transcontinental railroad in North America.
1870: UP's central branch becomes the Missouri-Pacific Railroad (MP), and the southern branch is transferred to the Missouri-Kansas Texas Railroad.
・ 1972: Bankruptcy Changed the company name to Union Pacific Railroad.
1893: Bankruptcy again
・ 1897: The company name was changed back to Union Pacific Railroad and relaunched.
1980: Acquisition of Kansas Pacific Railway
1982: Acquisition of Missouri Pacific Railroad (Mopac)
・ 1983: Acquisition of Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
1988: Acquisition of Missouri-Kansas Texas Railway (MKT)
1989: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW) acquires Southern Pacific Railroad. At that time, the name of the well-known Southern Pacific Railway was left behind, so the name of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway disappeared.
1995: Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (C & NW) merger
・ 1996: Acquisition of Southern Pacific Railway Company (SP)
--Union Pacific Railroad has become America's largest railroad company, with the acquisition of many railroad companies, with its rail network covering much of the western and central parts of the United States, reaching western Chicago and New Orleans.
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