NS ES44AC # 8026-8115
8025, 8098-8105, & 8114 were painted in old predecessor paint schemes for NS's 30th anniversary.
The ES44AC (Evolution Series, 4400 HP, AC traction) replaces the AC4400CW model in GE's range. These locomotives have been ordered by Union Pacific Railroad (who refers to these locomotives as the C45ACCTE), BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, and Canadian Pacific Railway. Iowa Interstate Railroad ordered 14 ES44ACs in April 2008 to be delivered by October 2008 to handle an expected traffic growth of 25%-30%, resulting from new ethanol plants coming on line. Iowa Interstate ordered two additional ES44ACs to be delivered in December 2009.
In September 2008, Norfolk Southern purchased 24 ES44ACs numbered 8000-8023, and
began receiving the first of these units in October 2008. They are the first new AC locomotives ever purchased by NS. These new locomotives will be used in long haul coal trains. An additional 65 units were ordered in 2011, numbered 8026-8090. 24 more units, numbered 8091-8115, were ordered at the beginning of 2012. All NS ES44AC's are built to CSX specifications, with the exception of the steerable trucks.
In September 2008, Norfolk Southern purchased 24 ES44ACs numbered 8000-8023, and
began receiving the first of these units in October 2008. They are the first new AC locomotives ever purchased by NS. These new locomotives will be used in long haul coal trains. An additional 65 units were ordered in 2011, numbered 8026-8090. 24 more units, numbered 8091-8115, were ordered at the beginning of 2012. All NS ES44AC's are built to CSX specifications, with the exception of the steerable trucks.
