Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays at GE Transportation in Erie. Engineer Santa is in charge on this Tier 4 GEVO demonstrator unit outside the Customer Innovation Center.
The plain blue GECX Demonstrator engines continue to be used on BNSF coal trains as seen by the GECX 2041 lading a set of empties Northbound on the Joint Line.
Beginning their assault on the grade west of Keenesburg, a pair of General Electric ET44AC demonstrators (along with another pair pushing on the rear) work their train west toward Denver.
Two General Electric ES44A6's Tier IV Demos Nos. 2041 and 2042 are seen leading a Mill, Texas to North Antelope Mine, Wyoming empty coal train that is seen stopped near CO-HWY 119 and CO-HWY 52 ne... (more)
GECX 2041 W s, GECX 2029 E s, BNSF 4792 E ps, BNSF 4887 W ps pulling the grade on the eastern upslope of Stevens Pass. The T-4 demonstrators were digging in and were surprisingly low decibeled, w... (more)
Freshly released from the shop for an EGR modification, two of GE's Tier 4 demonstrator ES44AC's scream downhill into Berthold at 70MPH with a measly 1,455 feet of super-hot UPS traffic.