GE locos for China - ES59ACi / HXN5

[MEC407]

A railfan from the Erie area managed to capture an image of a pair of new ES59ACi locomotives destined for China.

Here is the photo (which is quite large -- beware, dialup users):

http://railroadview.com/images/may_16_010.jpg

[lucid-one]

I like the high-tech plastic drum on the pilot.

[scottychaos]

I really wish people would learn how to resize photos..
there is no reason to put a 3,000 pixel wide image on the internet..
very annoying..

Scot

[DutchRailnut]

Scot ever thought of upgrading the TS-80 computer and getting other than dialup ???

[scottychaos]

Scot ever thought of upgrading the TS-80 computer and getting other than dialup ???

Ive got a 21" monitor, a 2-gig processor and a T3 line,
speed is not the issue..
but thanks for the suggestion!

(I never did have a TS-80..but my first computer was a 386!..man was it fast..in 1989..

I disable the automatic-resize feature that IE and other browsers have,
because I work with photos, and I cant have the browser resizing images for me..
so when I opened that photo, I saw this:



as I said, its just annoying and SO unnecessary..
people should know better by now..especially on a website that deals with photography..

Scot

[MEC407]

I agree, and I hope the guy has one of those "unlimited storage and unlimited traffic" plans for his site, otherwise he'll be getting some hefty overage fees.

[uhaul]

Quite peculiar looking from the front. It looks like a modern variation of the BQ23-7.

[pablo]

When the hamsters in my computer get tired I just throw them out and get new ones

PETA be dammed...stupid Ti499A

Dave Becker

[Allen Hazen]

The actual cab loks rather like the cabs of the high-altitude units (AC38) GE built for the Tibet railway: I assume details were negotiated with the Chinese railway authorities. (Behind the cab, however, they are totally different: the ES59 is a hood unit, the AC38 had a full-width carbody.)
I hope the Erie-area railfans keep their eyes open: weren't the first of GE's new locomotives for Kazakhstan supposed to be ready some time this year?

[jgallaway81]

I'm guessing: ES59ACi: Evolution Series - 5,900hp - Alternating Current - international?

[Steve F45]

here is a video of that loco testing on ge's test track

[GEVO]

I hope the Erie-area railfans keep their eyes open: weren't the first of GE's new locomotives for Kazakhstan supposed to be ready some time this year?

Have to keep an eye out for the new Egypts too.

[MEC407]

300 more GEs for China:

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/sing ... nture.html

(Thanks to Sean Graham-White for the link)

[scottychaos]

Its nice to see China actually providing some work for Americans..
thats a switch!

Scot

[v8interceptor]

Its nice to see China actually providing some work for Americans..
thats a switch!

Scot

But only a few U.S jobs, apparantly both engines and locomotives will be manufactured in China, not built here and shipped there...