TRAINS: Biggest CAT Locomotive: The SD70ACe

Caterpillar buys up companies that "fit" it's desire to dominate certain industries, and the people at Caterpillar have been working hard to completely dominate the mining and energy production sectors.   If you have ever been stuck by a train with 100+ cars loaded with coal, or a very long train consisting entirely of tank cars, you might have an idea of how important diesel locomotives are to mining and energy, hence Caterpillar bought out the diesel engine maker EMD, who makes the mighty SD70ACe.  The are still known as EMD, which stands for Electro-Motive Diesel. 

In this video, you learn all about EMD's most powerful and popular locomotive, used by railroads all over North America and various other countries. 

2019-02-16  [P-B]