EMDX (Oakway Leasing) SD60 Project

[ZachBell4400]

As most of you already are interested, before BNSF started using ES44AC's and SD70ACe's on their coal trains, both as leaders and as DPU's, they utilized EMDX SD60's, leased by Oakway, as well as BN SD60M's and SD70MAC's. Most of the SD60's that were leased eventually went to Canadian National Railway (CN) numbered in the 5400-series. Figured I'd work on a six-pack of locomotives reflecting on what was amongst the first testbeds of the EMD 16-710G3A prime mover.
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[CSRX]

I am still waiting on the GMTX 9000. Built as EMDX 3. Unfortunetly the trucks are different, but at this point, I don't even care about that detail anymore. haha.

9000 on the bridge

[ebnertra000]

I see the CN ones on the Range once in a while, where they seem to like them on short-haul manifests. Shame they got repainted, but CN's good about that...sometimes (looks at Citirail gevos)

[ZachBell4400]

The pic I uploaded was actually of a Trainz model of the EMDX Oakway SD60. I will be using a shape from the Powder River Coal Trainsets from TrainSimulations and one of Brody Wyrick's blanks, along with Stark's F/A, and a little texture adjustment, to replicate amongst the first 50 of the EMDX SD60's. With ditchlights, of course!

[jbtower]

Looking forward to those beasts when released

[1996fan]

The local shortline I currently worked for had one of these on roster maybe 10-12 years ago. Think it was 9041, had radial trucks to demo if it was feasible to apply them to the rest of the 6 axle fleet. It then went to the P&W I believe and got repainted. Before it left some of the employees reapplied the GM logo on the nose which I thought was a nice homage.

[ZachBell4400]

A work-in-progress shot of Oakway/EMDX SD60 #9025. Screenshot 2026-04-15 013219.png

[ZachBell4400]

SD60's are uploaded to the F/L, ID #90931.

[eric]

Added thumbnails to the catalog listing