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<blockquote data-quote="AxeMan - Rick S." data-source="post: 23754" data-attributes="member: 1746">[ATTACH]3451[/ATTACH]Day 154Miss &quot;Katy&quot;Miss &quot;Katy&quot; UP 1988 came to town today for Rochelle Railroad Days a three day event.&nbsp; She is an EMD SD70ACe locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad. She is one of six locomotives panted in &quot;Heritage Colors,&quot; Each one of the six is painted in schemes reminiscent of railroads acquired by UP since the 1980s. The engine numbers match the year that the predecessor railroad was absorbed into Union Pacific. UP 1988 is painted in Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad or &quot;Katy&quot; colors. The locomotive was unveiled in early August 2005, after which it entered regular revenue service on August 4, pulling a train from Chicago, to East St. Louis.SD70ACe models are rated at 4,300 horsepower.&nbsp; Powered by a 16 Cylinder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) diesel motor, which will produce a top speed of 70MPH.Weighing in at 408,000 lbs (204 tons) and has a length of 74feet.&nbsp; Its fuel tank holds 4900 gallons.&nbsp; You want to fill it up?&nbsp; 4900g @ $4.00 a gallon = $19600.00Fuel consumption ratings are based on Gallons per hour.&nbsp; At full throttle pulling a load, usage could exceed 200 gallons an hour.And you though NAS was bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AxeMan - Rick S., post: 23754, member: 1746"] [ATTACH]3451._xfImport[/ATTACH] Day 154 Miss "Katy" Miss "Katy" UP 1988 came to town today for Rochelle Railroad Days a three day event. She is an EMD SD70ACe locomotive owned by Union Pacific Railroad. She is one of six locomotives panted in "Heritage Colors," Each one of the six is painted in schemes reminiscent of railroads acquired by UP since the 1980s. The engine numbers match the year that the predecessor railroad was absorbed into Union Pacific. UP 1988 is painted in Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad or "Katy" colors. The locomotive was unveiled in early August 2005, after which it entered regular revenue service on August 4, pulling a train from Chicago, to East St. Louis. SD70ACe models are rated at 4,300 horsepower. Powered by a 16 Cylinder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) diesel motor, which will produce a top speed of 70MPH. Weighing in at 408,000 lbs (204 tons) and has a length of 74feet. Its fuel tank holds 4900 gallons. You want to fill it up? 4900g @ $4.00 a gallon = $19600.00 Fuel consumption ratings are based on Gallons per hour. At full throttle pulling a load, usage could exceed 200 gallons an hour. And you though NAS was bad. [/QUOTE]

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