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Largest steam locomotives owned by Western Pacific. [12] MPXpress MP54AC: GO Transit: 667-682 MotivePower Industries: 2017-2018 Diesel-electric Bo'Bo' 127-132 tonnes (140-145 short tons) [13] 82,900 pounds-force (369 kN) peak, 50,700 pounds-force continuous (225 kN) 5,400 horsepower (3972 kW) Highest power diesel passenger locomotive in North ...
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]
As diesel locomotives became more prevalent following World War II, the C&O was one of several railroads that were reluctant to abandon coal as a fuel source, and saw steam turbine technology as a possible alternative to diesel. At the time of its construction it was the longest single-unit locomotive in the world.
Brush Traction – diesel and electric locomotives; Loughborough; part of Wabtec [68] Clayton Equipment Company – diesel/electric/battery locomotives [69] Cowans Sheldon – railway cranes [70] Exmoor Steam Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives [71] Ffestiniog Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives and carriages [72]
Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. Formerly a division of General Motors , EMD has been owned by Progress Rail since 2010.
1922 Shay locomotive, West Side Lumber Co. #8, on display in Cañon City, Colorado 1923 Shay locomotive, West Side Lumber Co. #9, in service on the Midwest Central Railroad Side view of the gap between Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny" Type Locomotive 1601 and its tender on display at the Henry Ford Museum Surviving example of a Lima-Hamilton LS-1200 diesel-electric locomotive at the ...
They are unique in that they are actually two power units on a single 98-foot-long (30 m) frame, and are noted as being the largest diesel locomotives in the world. The locomotives weighed 542,432 lb (246,043 kg) and utilized two EMD 645E3A V-16 diesel engines, each rated at 3,300 hp (2,500 kW), for a combined rating of 6,600 hp (4,900 kW ...
Union Pacific 6936 is an EMD DDA40X locomotive built for the Union Pacific Railroad ().Previously a part of UP's heritage fleet, 6936 was for several decades the last remaining operational "Centennial" type, and thus the largest operational diesel-electric locomotive in the world.