A Blast From The Past, Part 3

Here's yet another oldie but goodie, dating back to 1998, that I've never before shown in a video.  It's the MTH Premier model of the GE AC4400CW, the AC version of the Dash 9, and it too has the original Protosound system.  In the new year, it too will be upgraded to PS2.  This was the first AC locomotive developed by GE and it came two years after those from EMD.  The advances in technology in the 1990s allowed the use of AC traction motors (DC had been used from the inception of diesel-electric locomotives) which can start a heavier load with the same horsepower diesel engine.  The AC4400CW came out in 1993 and this model is decorated as GE's demonstrator.  The name is pretty straightforward: AC is obvious, 4400 is the horsepower, C means it has three-axle trucks, and W means it has a wide cab.  In this True HD 1080p video, you can see this modern diesel running under conventional control and hauling a (mostly) modern intermodal freight train.