SD90MAC-H Phase II Class

Road numbers:

901–17

Operator:

Fortescue Metals Group

Gauge:

1435 mm

Year of entry into service:

1999

Number built:

Model:

SD90MAC-H Phase II

Manufacturer:

Electro-Motive Diesel

Manufacturing location:

London, Ontario, Canada

Engine:

EMD 710G3B (901–909); EMD 265H (910–917)

Traction power:

3207 kW (901–909); 4474 kW (910–917)

Wheel arrangement:

Co-Co

Weight:

190.0 t

Length:

24.4 m

Originally in service with Union Pacific in the United States, the first nine units of the SD90MAC-H Phase II Class were purchased by Fortescue Metals Group in 2011. Their original EMD 265 engines were not successful and they were re-engined with less powerful EMD 710G3B engines. A further eight units that had also operated with Union Pacific were obtained by Fortescue Metals Group and arrived in Western Australia in 2014. These units are now stored; it was expected that they would be re-engined with 710 series engines like units 901–909, but this has not occurred.