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Modern Diesel Locomotives. Enthusiast Color Series. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing. ISBN 0-7603-0199-9. Lamb, J. Parker (2007). Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive. Railroads Past and Present. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34863-0. Marre, Louis A. (1995).
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 E5 was powered by twin 12-cylinder prime movers, developing a total of 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) at 800 rpm.Designed specifically for railroad locomotives, the mechanically aspirated, two-stroke, 45-degree V-type engine, with an 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (216 mm) bore by 10 in (254 mm) stroke, giving 567 cubic inches (9,290 cm 3; 9.29 L) displacement per cylinder.
Under ownership of the Vintage Locomotive Society in Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canadian Pacific 5500 July 1966 General Motors Diesel (GMD) Canadian Pacific Railway: 2001 On static display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum in Revelstoke, British Columbia: CP class DRF-30a [1] Chesapeake and Ohio 7534 March 1971 Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
The EMD DDA40X is a 6,600 hp (4,943 kW) D-D locomotive, built by EMD from 1969 to 1971 exclusively for the Union Pacific Railroad. [1] It is the most powerful diesel–electric locomotive model ever built on a single frame, having two 16-645E3A diesel prime movers . [ 2 ]
The EMD F7 is a model of 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW) diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1949 and December 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD).
The traditional locomotive builders were prohibited from developing or building diesel road locomotives until early 1945, with the exception of a few dual-service ALCO DL-109s for the New Haven Railway. EMD, however, was purely a diesel builder, and therefore was allowed to build diesel freight locomotives, as consistent with fulfilling Navy ...
The EMD FP7 is a 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), B-B dual-service passenger and freight-hauling diesel locomotive produced between June 1949 and December 1953 by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel.