Athearn SD70ACe - Preview of Coming Attractions - Details Later in January

Warning: IF you Model BNSF, CSXT, UP, MRL, KCS, FXE, KCSM

You Need To Read This

Dear HO Scale Modelers:A couple of years ago Tower 55 sold their new SD70ACe tooling they were working on to Athearn. We and the rest of the Model Railroading Community have all been waiting patiently for Athearn to announce their new Genesis SD70ACe. Well, we are geting close to that day.

The formal annoucement will take place around Jan 19th 2010. We at Pacific Western Rail have managed to get a document with the latest information, shown below. We hope you enjoy! Look at the details.

We have seen and personaly held, samples of these fine engines at the recent Oklahoma and Milwaukee Train shows. Take a close look at the details Athearn has put on these new models. They will be of the superb quality we all expect from Athearn and the knowledgeable staff.

The SD70ACe will probably we the most important new Locomotive to be released this year. We have decided to begin taking reservations for the engines. We have other information to order them now on our PORTERS System.

For those of you who have a PORTERS account, you may begin to order now.

We will release additional information on or about January 19th, 2010 when Athearn makes their formal announcement.

If you don't have a PORTERS Account, and would like to get secret access to the information we are not allowed to display on our website you can get an account by CLICKING HERE and applying for an account today.

It's free, and its fun to use. And you get lower prices, But if you don't want lower prices we won't offend you with a lower price. The choise is yours.

In order to meet the stricter diesel locomotive emissions standards imposed by the EPA Tier II regulations, EMD modified the SD70MAC and created the SD70ACe. The SD70ACe is powered by a 16 cylinder, 710G3C-12 diesel engine, producing 4,300 horsepower.

The engine drives an alternator producing AC current that is rectified to DC current and then “chopped” back into AC to power the traction motors. The engine and electrical system are similar to the SD709MAC, but updated with newer technology. Much of the external design is based on the SD90 series locomotives. Some of these features include the full height nose door and rectangular windshields, the large flared radiators with two fans, and the positioning of the dynamic brake equipment at the rear of the long hood. In addition, the inverters were moved from inside the long hood to a box on the walkway behind the cab. Four demonstrator locomotives were built in 2003, followed by 20 pre-production units for CSX in 2004.

      Full production started in 2005 and through 2009, 820 SD70ACe’s have been built for the US and Mexico. Nine more were exported to Venezuela and 46 built for BHP Billton’s iron ore operation in Pilbara, Australia. In addition 10 units from BNSF’s 2008 order were diverted to BHP. Union Pacific painted six units in paint schemes commemorating the six railroads that were merged into UP in the 1980s and 1990s and renumbered them for the year of the mergers.

     These HO scale Athearn Genesis models are factory finished and lettered according to the protoype. The two UP SD70ACe variations currently being offered are factory painted, with the Union Pacific winged shield, the waving American flag on the both sides of the long hood, and differ only in the color of the sill stripe (one is red, the other is yellow).

     These plastic models will have DCC/DC Tsunami Sound decoders or DCC Ready. All models are produced under licensing agreement with Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc.. This ensures the authenticity you expect as an informed collector, and allows us to introduce models of the world's most impressive locomotives while the originials are still new on the rails.

reb

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