EMD DDA40X: In 1968, Union Pacific purchased 50 20-cylinder, 3,600 hp EMD SD45s for high-speed service. However, the units did not meet management’s expectations in that role. So, UP commissioned EMD ...

The EMD GP7 was the first model in EMD’s GP (General Purpose) series of locomotives. Power was provided by an EMD 567B 16-cylinder prime-mover that generated 1,500 hp. More than 2,700 of these ...

La Grange, Ill.-based Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) on Monday said it has delivered seven Class 77 locomotives to Akiem, the leasing subsidiary of SNCF Geodis. Akiem will lease these locomotives to the ...

Power, performance, and innovation. These are the driving factors that have made EMD® the premier brand of diesel-electric locomotives for 100 years. Today, Progress Rail is continuing a legacy of ...

EMD was the leader; the others played catch-up. But at the height of its postwar prosperity, EMD made one memorable misstep: the BL2 diesel locomotive and its prototype, the BL1. Although competitors ...

EMD’s heavy haul locomotives produced for SNIM have a lightweight design in order to meet the 30-ton axle load requirement, while providing the tractive effort required for the mining operation.

EMD is confident that by working with our Chinese partners we will be able to provide locomotive technology solutions to make a significant and lasting contribution to the railway transportation ...

EMD Locomotive subsidiary Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) has completed the design for a high-horsepower WDG5 locomotive to operate on Indian Railways. The design was completed by the Research Designs and ...

When EMD were unable to provide a suitable locomotive, Freightliner approached GE instead. “They were keen to work with us to develop something for the UK market,” said Mr Shakerley.

CN will acquire 35 ES44DC locomotives from GE starting in the fourth quarter of 2010, and 35 SD70M-2s from EMD beginning in January 2011 . The GE locomotives produce 4,400 horsepower and the EMDs ...