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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]
Most powerful (continuous) single-frame locomotive in Europe. Union Pacific 9000 class: Union Pacific: 9000-9087 American Locomotive Company: 1926-1930 Steam 4-12-2: 355 tonnes (391 short tons) 97,664 pounds-force (434 kN) 4,750 horsepower (3,542 kW) — Union Pacific Coal GTELs: Union Pacific: 80 (later 8080) Union Pacific Omaha Shops 1961
Kenefick Park is a public park at 100 Bancroft Street in South Omaha, Nebraska, [1] named for John Kenefick, a former chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Railroad. [2]It is located at the southwest point of the Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha's botanical gardens, just north of Interstate 80, and just west of the Missouri River and the Iowa state border.
Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References 19483 Southern Pacific 3194 May 1954 GP9R Texas and New Orleans Railroad; Southern Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; March 26, 1997 Operational at the Golden Gate Railroad Museum in Schellville, California [20] 20710 Pennsylvania Railroad 7006
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.
The Union Pacific Railroad's M-10003, M-10004, M-10005, and M-10006 were four identical streamlined 2-car power car diesel-electric train sets delivered in May, June, and July 1936 from Pullman-Standard, with prime movers from the Winton Engine Corporation of General Motors and General Electric generators, control equipment and traction motors.
GE diagram of a turbine locomotive. Union Pacific operated the largest fleet of gas turbine–electric locomotives (GTELs) of any railroad in the world. The prototype, UP 50, was the first in a series built by General Electric for Union Pacific's long-haul cargo services and marketed by the Alco-GE partnership until 1953. The prototype was ...
The EMD SD60 is a 3,800 horsepower (2,800 kW), six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, intended for heavy-duty drag freight or medium-speed freight service. It was introduced in 1984, and production ran until 1995.