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EMD introduced their new 710 engine in 1984 with the 60 Series locomotives (EMD SD60 and EMD GP60), the EMD 645 engine continued to be offered in certain models (such as the 50 Series) until 1988. The 710 is produced as an eight-, twelve-, sixteen-, and twenty-cylinder engine for locomotive, marine and stationary applications.
This is a summary, listing every diesel locomotive from the SD40-series in preservation. This list includes the models SD40 , SDP40 , SD40A , SD40-2 , SDP40F , SD40T-2 , SD40-2W , SD40-2S . SD40
Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References 3357 Pennsylvania Railroad 5901 September 1945 E7A Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Penn Central Transportation Company (PC) - On static display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, in Strasburg, Pennsylvania: PRR Class EP-20 [14]
The Illinois Railway Museum (IRM, reporting mark IRMX) is the largest railroad museum in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located in the Chicago metropolitan area at 7000 Olson Road in Union, Illinois , 55 miles (89 km) northwest of downtown Chicago .
The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotives
Following the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1989, all of EMD's locomotives were built at the London facility. In 2005 new owners of EMD renamed the Canadian subsidiary "Electro-Motive Canada". The plant was closed by EMD's new owner Progress Rail in 2012, with EMD's production remaining in LaGrange, Illinois and Muncie, Indiana.
The EMD SD40 is an American 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and August 1972. 1,268 locomotives were built between 1966 and 1972. In 1972, an improved version with new electronics was developed and marketed as a new locomotive, the SD40-2 .
The EMD BL2 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). A total of 58 units (plus a single BL1) were built between 1947 and 1949. [ 1 ] The BL2 was not very successful, as it was unreliable and occupied a gap between carbody and hood units , which resulted in it suffering from the drawbacks of ...