Equipment Information

Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) 9400 is the first production locomotive used in freight service in America to be built with AC traction motors. It was originally constructed for the Burlington Northern, or BN, and was dedicated in a ceremony in January 1994 in Texas alongside CB&Q 9911A, which was on loan from IRM. The success of this type of locomotive led to AC traction motors being almost universally adopted for railroad use by the early 2000s.

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Builder: Electro Motive Division GM
Year Built: 1993
Model: SD70MAC
Horsepower: 4,000
Length: 74ft
Width: ??
Height: 15ft 1in
Weight: ??
Brakes: 26L
Engine: EMD 16-710
Motors: 6 GM 1TB2630
Trucks: HTC
Description: Diesel-Electric
Arrived: 2025
Condition: Complete / unrestored / not operational

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