A brand-new Vale SD80ACe ready for shipment to Brazil.
The EMD, Electro Motive Division, SD80ACe is a six-axle, 5,000 hp AC-traction diesel locomotive that is currently being produced as of early 2012, with the prototypes produced in late-2011.
This locomotive was only produced for the mining company Vale. Internally, it is similar to the SD80MAC, although the SD80ACe features a Tier 1-compliant engine. Externally, the locomotive's body is an extension of the SD70ACe's body.
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The type of locomotive was recently announced due to it receiving its first orders from the Latin American railroad Vale, as opposed to being revealed immediately when it was first introduced like with other EMD diesel locomotives.
EMD SD80ACe in Toronto.