Athearn Genesis G75757 HO Scale SD70ACu Progress Rail Leasing PRLX 7271 Traxxas Gear and Etched Metal Grills

and Etched Metal Grills

Unique paint scheme

and precision machined flywheels

Their distinctive finger racks earned these flats the nickname of “candelabra cars”

These cars are still in service on CN

Athearn Genesis G75757 HO Scale SD70ACu Progress Rail Leasing PRLX 7271 Traxxas Gear and Etched Metal GrillsAthearn Genesis G75757 HO Scale SD70ACu Progress Rail Leasing PRLX 7271 In September of 2014, Norfolk Southern purchased 100 ex Union Pacific SD90MAC locomotives from EMD Progress Rail to assist in the high volume traffic that NS was experiencing. As AC traction was being more accepted by the railroad, which previously had relied solely on DC power, the 90MACs fit the new direction of motive power for the railroad. Starting in 2016, NS began the