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GE AC4400CW

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GE AC4400CW
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CSX AC4400CW #209 in Newport News, Virginia, next to a former C&O coaling tower.

The GE AC4400CW, sometimes referred as "AC44CW" is a 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) diesel-electric locomotive that was built by GE Transportation Systems between 1993 and 2004. It is like the Dash 9-44CW, but features AC traction motors instead of DC, with a separate inverter per motor. In appearance, the AC4400CW is somewhat similar to GE's more powerful locomotive, the AC6000CW.

Over the 11 years in which it was produced, GE constructed 2,834 examples for North American railroads. In 2005, all Class I freight railroads except Norfolk Southern and Canadian National owned at least one AC4400CW. Norfolk Southern ordered the very similar C40-9Ws. As a result of more stringent emissions requirements that came into effect on January of that year, GE no longer offers the AC4400CW, replacing it with the ES44AC.

CP AC4400CW #9560 and CP SD40-2 #6029 head west towards the NS Elkhart Yard, 2009.
CP AC4400CW #9560 and CP SD40-2 #6029 head west towards the NS Elkhart Yard, 2009.
Kansas City Southern AC4400CW no. 4575 with self-steering trucks in October 2014
Kansas City Southern AC4400CW no. 4575 with self-steering trucks in October 2014
UP 5739 (AC4400CW), in Roseville, CA
UP 5739 (AC4400CW), in Roseville, CA

Design variations

The AC4400CW was the first GE locomotive to offer an optional self-steering truck design, intended to increase adhesion and reduce wear on the railhead.[1] This option was specified by Canadian Pacific, Cartier Railway, CSX for their units 200-599, Ferromex, Ferrosur, and KCS.

CSX ordered many of its AC4400CW locomotives with 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) extra weight to increase tractive effort. These same units were also modified in 2006-2007 with a "high tractive effort" software upgrade and redesignated CW44AH.[2]

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Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.

Cartier Railway

Cartier Railway

The Cartier Railway is a privately owned railway that operates 260 miles (418 km) of track in the Canadian province of Québec.

CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates on approximately 21,000 route miles (34,000 km) of track. The company operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Ferromex

Ferromex

Ferromex is a private rail consortium that operates the largest railway in Mexico with combined mileage of 12,100 kilometres (7,500 mi) and is part of the North American Class I railroads.

Ferrosur

Ferrosur

The Ferrocarril del Sureste, commonly known by the syllabic abbreviation Ferrosur, is a railway that serves the southeastern regions of Mexico. The company was formed in 1998 following the privatization of Mexico's railways. Ferrosur won the concession to operate the southeastern railway. This includes the line between Mexico City and Mexico's busiest Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean port at Veracruz. Grupo México has owned the company since 2005 and there are long-delayed plans to merge it with the company's other railway, Ferromex.

Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas City Southern Railway

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. KCS has the shortest north-south rail route between Kansas City, Missouri, and several key ports along the Gulf of Mexico.

Rebuilds

In 2017 Canadian Pacific Railway requested that General Electric modernize 30 of its 9500 and 9600-series AC4400CW units. The original units had the original front cab completely removed and upgraded to current GE standards with upgraded electrical systems including PTC and FTO systems. Other improvements GE has made include up to 10 percent fuel efficiency gains, 40 percent increase in reliability and 50 percent increase in haulage ability. The units were subsequently placed into service with the designation AC4400CWM (for Modernized). The first batch of rebuilds (8100-8129) also had their original Steerable trucks replaced with GEs High Adhesion trucks, where later batches each individual engine kept the trucks they already had.

The following year Canadian Pacific asked GE to similarly rebuild several more batches for a total of 110 locomotives. The second order (8130-8144) retains their steerable trucks. The third batch (8000-8064) will feature an Evolution Series sized fuel tank and radial trucks. In 2019 a fourth batch of rebuilds happened, 8145-8160 & 8064-8080 from the 95/9600-series. In 2021 both the 8500 series is slated to be rebuilt at 8201-8280 and the 8100-series be completed.[3]

Union Pacific ordered many of their AC4400CWs with Controlled Tractive Effort software, giving them the designation of AC4400CW-CTE. This software package is now standard on a portion of their ES44ACs as well. CTE limits tractive effort to mimic TE level of Dash series locomotives.

In 2018 Union Pacific placed a small order for 20 rebuilds from GE of their AC4460AC fleet and later announced over the next fifteen years they will be upgrading 1000 of their AC4460ACs and AC44s into what they call a C44ACM. Unlike CP, the original 20 rebuilds did not receive a new crew cab.

CSX and Wabtec have announced a partnership in rebuilding CSX's large AC4400CW fleet. An initial batch of 10 CW44ACs were rebuilt at Wabtec's Erie, Pennsylvania facility, with 40 more to follow into 2020. The rebuilds will be numbered in the 7000, 7200, and 7500 series and CSX is referring to them as CM44ACs.[4][5][6]

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Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.

General Electric

General Electric

General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston.

Wabtec

Wabtec

Wabtec Corporation is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. Pennsylvania borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York state to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east.

Operators

AC4400CW owners and operators past and present include:

Owners Qty Numbers Year delivered Notes
Union Pacific 1338 5554-6887 and 7080-7297 1994-2004 Most units rebuilt to C44ACMs.
CSX Transportation 615 1-173, 201-599, 5101-5122 1994-2002 Units to be rebuilt to CM44AC/CM44AHs and renumbered to 7000-7299 and 7500 series
Canadian Pacific 438 1002, 1006, 8500-8580, 8600-8655, 9500-9683, 9700-9740, 9750-9784 and 9800-9840.[7] 1995-2004 1002 and 1006 are ex-CMQ. 9777, 9782, 9758, and 9751 used during filming of Unstoppable. Most units rebuilt to AC44CWMs and renumbered 8100-8280.
Southern Pacific 279 100-378 1995
Kansas City Southern 175 4500-4574, 4575-4596, 4597-4608, 4609-4624 (formerly 2000-2039) 1999 KCSM 4500-4574 are ex-TFM 2600-2674.
BNSF 121 5600-5717, 5838-5840 1999-2004 40 units leased to Metrolink in 2016
Ferromex 75 4500-4549 and 4550-4574 1998-2000
CIT Capital Finance 60 1001-1025, 1026-1059 2001-2004 1002 and 1006 sold to CMQ in 2017, and later to CP in 2020
Ferrosur 38 4400-4414, 4415-4429, 4430-4437 2000-2004
Chicago & North Western 35 8801-8835[8] 1994
Cartier Railway 17 11-12, 13-17 and 18-29 2001-2007
Quebec, North Shore and Labrador 12 415-421 and 422-426 2005-2006
Cerrejón 5 10010-10014 unknown
General Electric Corporation Leasing 11 2000, later renumbered 4400, 4000-4009 1993-1997
Central Maine and Quebec Railway 2 1002 and 1006 2001 (Acquired 2017) Ex-CEFX, acquired by Canadian Pacific in 2020 from CMQ purchase
Ferrominera del Orinoco 2 1058-1059 2004
Total 3223 - - -

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Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad, legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF, with which it shares a duopoly on transcontinental freight rail lines in the Western, Midwestern and West South Central United States.

CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation, known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates on approximately 21,000 route miles (34,000 km) of track. The company operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway, also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.

Southern Pacific Transportation Company

Southern Pacific Transportation Company

The Southern Pacific was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas City Southern Railway

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. KCS has the shortest north-south rail route between Kansas City, Missouri, and several key ports along the Gulf of Mexico.

BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, 32,500 miles (52,300 km) of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide rail connections between the western and eastern United States. BNSF trains traveled over 169 million miles in 2010, more than any other North American railroad.

Ferromex

Ferromex

Ferromex is a private rail consortium that operates the largest railway in Mexico with combined mileage of 12,100 kilometres (7,500 mi) and is part of the North American Class I railroads.

Ferrosur

Ferrosur

The Ferrocarril del Sureste, commonly known by the syllabic abbreviation Ferrosur, is a railway that serves the southeastern regions of Mexico. The company was formed in 1998 following the privatization of Mexico's railways. Ferrosur won the concession to operate the southeastern railway. This includes the line between Mexico City and Mexico's busiest Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean port at Veracruz. Grupo México has owned the company since 2005 and there are long-delayed plans to merge it with the company's other railway, Ferromex.

Cartier Railway

Cartier Railway

The Cartier Railway is a privately owned railway that operates 260 miles (418 km) of track in the Canadian province of Québec.

Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway

Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway

The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is a private Canadian regional railway that stretches 414 kilometres (257 mi) through the wilderness of northeastern Quebec and western Labrador. It connects Labrador City, Labrador, with the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. QNS&L is owned by Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), and is a common carrier.

GE Transportation

GE Transportation

GE Transportation is a division of Wabtec. It was known as GE Rail and owned by General Electric until sold to Wabtec on February 25, 2019. The organization manufactures equipment for the railroad, marine, mining, drilling and energy generation industries. The company was founded in 1907. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while its main manufacturing facility is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. Locomotives are assembled at the Erie plant, while engine manufacturing takes place in Grove City, Pennsylvania. In May 2011, the company announced plans to build a second locomotive factory in Fort Worth, Texas, which opened in January 2013.

In popular culture

The plot of the movie Unstoppable required Denzel Washington and Chris Pine to climb aboard the lead locomotive of a runaway freight train. To film the movie, four Canadian Pacific AC4400CW locomotives (numbers 9777, 9758, 9782, and 9751), were repainted as two fictional "Allegheny and West Virginia Railroad" locomotives (nos. 777 (nicknamed "Triple 7") and 767). 9777[9] and 9782[10] were painted as 777, while 9758[11] and 9751[12] were painted as 767.

Source: "GE AC4400CW", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 15th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_AC4400CW.

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References
  1. ^ McDonnell, Greg (2002). Field guide to modern diesel locomotives. Waukesha, Wisc.: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 70–73. ISBN 0-89024-607-6. OCLC 50411517.
  2. ^ Potter, Jay (November 2006), "CSX's mountain climbers", Trains
  3. ^ GE Transportation (March 20, 2018). "GE Transportation's Modernization Program Hits New Milestones" (Press release). Archived from the original on March 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Koenig, Stephan M. (May 2, 2019). "GE Locomotive Modernization program expands under Wabtec". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Koenig, Stephan M. (September 24, 2019). "First of the new CSX re-builds rolls out of the Wabtec plant in Erie". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Wabtec locomotive remanufacturing program completes 1,000th unit".
  7. ^ "(home)". CPR Diesel Roster. Archived from the original on 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  8. ^ Strack, Don (December 2, 2014). "Chicago & North Western Railway; Roster of Diesel Locomotives, 1926-1995". Utah Rails.
  9. ^ "CP 9777". CPR Diesel Roster. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  10. ^ "CP 9782". CPR Diesel Roster. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  11. ^ "CP 9758". CPR Diesel Roster. Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  12. ^ "CP 9751". CPR Diesel Roster. Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
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