176-7613-S EMD SD70M Flat Radiator Norfolk Southern 2581 - DCC-Sound MC-Active 000-mile car was offered for

000-mile car was offered for sale by KGF Classic Cars and purchased in June 2024 by Greater Manchester-based Lee Davidson

This particular example represents a Plain Grey version un-lettered

CAT license

66850 first went into service with Freightliner

Upon nationalisation in 1947 the newly formed British Railways saw the need to standardise their passenger stock

176-7613-S EMD SD70M Flat Radiator Norfolk Southern 2581 - DCC-Sound MC-Active 000-mile car was offered forIntroduced in 1992, EMD SD70M was a 4000 horsepower locomotive that ran on EMDs new steerable truck design, known as the HTCR II radial truck. This new truck allowed the locomotive to transfer its power to the rails more efficiently, which in turn enabled two SD70M locomotives to pull a train that would have taken 3 SD40 2s to pull. The DC brother of the SD70MAC, the SD70M was primarily put to work hauling coal trains due to its high pulling capacity.