Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: This shot shows good detail on the front truck as well as the area behind the cab on the conductor's side and above the fuel tank. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: In this shot you can seen an overall view of the engineer's side rear end including the truck, pilot, radiator wings, sand box, markers, and dynamic brake grilles. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: Sean has done a great job supporting SD80MAC.com. He just keeps sending in photo after photo. This view shows good detail of the rear pilot, including all hoses, extra couplers, and handrails. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: In this shot you can seen good detail behind the cab. Notice how the hood is wider just behind those steps and under the grille |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: Notice on this side the long hood is also wider at this same spot. As far as I can tell, this is where the alternator is located. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: Here we have a perfect side view of CSXT 0804. I asked Sean to send me the full size photo, so when you click the thumbnail, you'll get a very large photo. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: Front right truck detail. Notice the details at each axle end--the chains, struts, steering mechanisms, and sand hose brackets. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: Thank you Sean for this shot of the fuel filler, sight glass, electronic fuel gauge, bell, and emergency fuel cutoff. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: Sean was fortunate enough to get these inside the cab photos. This is the right rear (behind the engineer). |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: In this view we see the left rear (behind the conductor). |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: This is the conductor's side and desk. He too gets a computer screen and an emergency brake. Notice there are two seats on this side. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: And now we have the engineer's side. Not quite 10 years old yet and these things are looking like crap inside. |
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Photographer: Sean Hoyden
Description: A better view of the desktop controls in the SD80MAC. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Nose, marker, winshield and numberboard detrail on just renumbered CSXT 4594. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Pilot and font end detail. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Patchwork detail on CSXT 4594's cab side. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Side cab and truck detail. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Rear end sandbox, numberboard and pilot detail. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Right side cab detail of CSXT 4597. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Closer up on the side windows and nose. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: The right front corner of the nose. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Closer up on the nose, windshield, and numberboard details |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Head-on front details of CSXT 4597. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Right front nose corner detail of CSXT 4592. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: CSXT 4592 front end detail. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Head-on detail of CSXT 4592. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Side cab detail. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: Nose corner detail. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: The SD80MAC was one of the first locomotives built with electric parking brakes. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: NS 7215's former Conrail number can be seen under the NS number. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Middle long hood detail with the Conrail Quality logo. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: The bell placement on the SD80MAC is a bit unusual. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: The front and rear of two blue MAC's. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: This placard has been added in the last few years and has to do with emissions regulations. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Engineer's side cab and rear of cab. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Front engineer's side truck detail. |
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Photographer: Al Moran
Description: CSXT 4597 without its plow. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: There were rumors that the NS 80MACs were leased but they definitely were not in 2011. This blue card from 7211 shows NS ownership. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: The SD80MACs had desktop control and EPIC air brake, which was all the rage back then, but generally hated by engineers, especially the EPIC. Even like EMD/Progress units of the current day, you can't use both screens at the same time for operation like in a GE. The left screen would have diagnostic/mechanical options. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: The SD80MAC was one of the first models equipped with an electric parking brake. They can be difficult and slow to operate and when they fail, a crewmember must crank them manually with a handle. Later electric parking brakes are much more user-friendly. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: The bell on the 80MAC is mounted above the fuel tank on the engineer's side behind the main reservoir. None of these units ever had electronic bells installed. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Inside the cab of freshly restenciled NS 7222. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Description: Frame sill emissions plates showing 20 cylinders and 5,000 hp. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Description: Power Assembly Torque Value Plate |
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Photographer: Unknown
Description: When the CSX 80MACs were acquired by NS, the 7222 has a broken crankshaft. This plate and the primer-mover it's attached to were rebuilt by the Juniata Shops in November 2015. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Description: TMS plate on NS 7222's prime-mover. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Description: CSXT Emissions Control Information plate mounted to NS 7222's prime-mover. |
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Photographer: Unknown
Description: In the spring of 2015, while in the process of being readied for service on NS, the 7223 is seen here getting its marker lights removed. |
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Photographer: D.J. Miller
Description: NS 7217 was previously the Spirit of Benning on CSX. Here's a shot of the conductor's side of the cab before it was repainted black. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: NS 7225 possibly kept its marker lights longer than any other SD80MAC. Here's the unit in Enola sporting the red lamps which were removed sometime before July of 2015. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Like all modern locomotives, there was various electronic equipment in the nose of the SD80MAC opposite the toilet. Compared to the SD70ACes and ET44ACs of today, there's really not much in an 80MAC. The DPU radios are above the electronics cabinet. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: These are the DPU radios. The SD80MACs were equipped with DPU equipment but it was only used a couple times and wasn't compatible with later DPU equipment. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Equipment inside the electronics cabinet in the SD80MAC's nose. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Distributed Locomotive Control Processor, also in the 80MAC nose. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Locomotive Identification Module, in the nose. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Moving to the back wall of the cab we have the the CPU's and the digital input-outputs "DIO"s. On the right is the power supply. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: CPU's and the digital input-outputs "DIO"s. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Power supply for the CPUs and DIOs |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: A maze of electronics in the 80MAC electrical cabinet. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: And finally we take a look at the engineer's control stand, which is a desktop consol in the SD80MACs. The desktop design was popular in many freight units of the 1990s but generally was not liked by engineers. Switches for the headlights and ditch lights are to the left as well as the generator field etc. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: We have the controller in the center which worked the trottle and dynamic both. The EPIC air brake controller is on the right. Bailing off is done by pushing the independent hand to the right. The EPIC brake was another hated attribute of the 80MAC and any other unit that had it. Sand, bell, and horn controled are left of the controller. The horn was originally a button but this unit was modified. |
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Photographer: L.R. Myers
Description: Close up look at the ICE computer screen layout. EMD's later FIRE and GE's screens were modeled after this layout. Note that while the screen displays the correct number, they were never able to change the railroad from Conrail to CSX or NS. |
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