Real Train Database

The EMD SD28 was a six-axle diesel-electric road switcher produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division during a brief production window in the summer of 1965, with construction taking place be…

The SD28 was powered by an EMD 567D series sixteen-cylinder prime mover producing 1,800 horsepower, transmitted to the rails through DC traction motors on a C-…

The EMD SD35 was produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division from June 1964 through January 1966, representing part of EMD's ongoing effort to expand its six-axle road switcher lineup during a…

The SD35 was powered by EMD's 567D3A prime mover, a 16-cylinder version of the long-running 567 engine family that produced 2,500 brake horsepower. This engine…

Models by: Atlas · Walthers

The EMD SD38 was a six-axle diesel-electric road switcher produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between May 1967 and October 1971. The locomotive emerged during a period when EMD offered…

The SD38 was powered by an EMD 645E prime mover, a naturally aspirated 16-cylinder engine producing 2,000 horsepower. This distinguished it from turbocharged s…

The EMD SD38-2 was introduced in 1972 as part of Electro-Motive Division's Dash 2 series, a broad family of upgraded locomotives that replaced the earlier hyphen-series models. The Dash 2 designation…

The SD38-2 was powered by the EMD 16-645E prime mover, a 16-cylinder version of the 645 series engine that produced 2,000 horsepower. The 645 engine family use…

Models by: Intermountain · ScaleTrains

The SD38-2 rebuild represents a class of remanufactured road switcher locomotives assembled from existing EMD six-axle carbodies, primarily drawing on SD38 and SD40 cores as donor units. Rather than …

The SD38-2 rebuild is built around the EMD 645E prime mover, a naturally aspirated 16-cylinder engine producing 2,000 horsepower. Unlike the turbocharged 645E3…

The EMD SD39 was introduced in August 1968 as a late addition to Electro-Motive Division's second-generation six-axle locomotive lineup, which had been substantially reorganized in 1966 around the ne…

The SD39 was powered by the EMD 645E3 prime mover, a turbocharged twelve-cylinder version of the 645-series engine producing 2,300 horsepower. The locomotive r…

The EMD SD40 was introduced in January 1966 as part of a sweeping revision of Electro-Motive Division's locomotive catalog. That year, EMD replaced its earlier lineup with an entirely new generation …

The SD40 rides on a C-C wheel arrangement, meaning it uses two three-axle powered trucks, giving it six driven axles in total. Its prime mover is the EMD 645E3…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD SD40-2 entered production in January 1972 as part of Electro-Motive Division's Dash 2 series, a broad update to its existing road switcher lineup that introduced modular electronic control sy…

The SD40-2 is a six-axle, C-C wheel arrangement diesel-electric locomotive powered by the EMD 645E3 prime mover, a turbocharged 16-cylinder version of the 645 …

Models by: Athearn · Bachmann · Bowser · Broadway Limited · Intermountain · Kato · ScaleTrains · Walthers

The SD40-2W is a variant of the highly successful EMD SD40-2 road switcher, produced specifically for the Canadian market by General Motors Diesel, the Canadian manufacturing arm of General Motors lo…

The SD40-2W is powered by the EMD 645E3 turbocharged 16-cylinder prime mover, producing 3,000 horsepower and driving DC traction motors arranged in a C-C wheel…

Models by: Bowser · Intermountain

The SD40-3 is not a factory-built locomotive but rather a designation applied to various rebuilding programs that upgraded existing SD40-2 units with modernized components and systems. The designatio…

The SD40-3 retains the core mechanical architecture of the SD40-2 from which it is derived, including the six-axle C-C wheel arrangement riding on HT-C trucks …

The SD40E is a designation applied to rebuilt locomotives produced by Norfolk Southern Railway using SD50 units as donor cores, derated and reconfigured to produce 3,000 horsepower, placing their out…

The SD40E is built on the frame and carbody of an SD50, which provides a slightly more modern structural foundation than an original SD40 or SD40-2, while the …

The EMD SD40T-2 emerged in 1974 as a specialized variant of the highly successful SD40-2, developed specifically to address the challenges of operating diesel-electric locomotives through the long mo…

The SD40T-2 rides on a C-C wheel arrangement, meaning two three-axle trucks, and is powered by a sixteen-cylinder version of the EMD 645E3 prime mover producin…

Models by: Athearn · Intermountain · ScaleTrains

The SD40X designation was applied by General Motors Electro-Motive Division to a small series of experimental locomotives built in 1979 as a testbed for technology intended to advance beyond the high…

The SD40X units were powered by the EMD 645F3B prime mover, a turbocharged variant of the 645-series engine that developed approximately 3,500 horsepower, repr…

The EMD SD45 entered production in 1965 as one of the most powerful single-unit diesel-electric locomotives available on the American market at the time. Built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Divis…

The SD45 was built on a C-C wheel arrangement, meaning it rode on two three-axle trucks, giving it six powered axles in total. Its prime mover was the EMD 645E…

Models by: Athearn · Broadway Limited · Kato · MTH · ScaleTrains · Walthers

The EMD SD45-2 was introduced in 1972 as part of Electro-Motive Division's Dash 2 series, a broad family of upgraded diesel-electric locomotives that incorporated improved electrical systems and modu…

The SD45-2 was powered by an EMD 645E3 prime mover, a 20-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine rated at 3,600 horsepower. This engine configuration was shared with…

Models by: Athearn · Walthers

The EMD SD45T-2 was a diesel-electric locomotive built by Electro-Motive Division between February 1972 and June 1975, with a total production run of 247 units. The model was developed primarily for …

The SD45T-2 was powered by the EMD 645E3 prime mover, a 20-cylinder V-configuration two-stroke diesel engine producing 3,600 horsepower. The locomotive rode on…

The EMD SD50 was introduced in May 1981 as part of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's "50 Series," a line of locomotives developed in direct response to growing competitive pressure from Genera…

The SD50 rides on a C-C wheel arrangement, with two three-axle trucks supporting a frame that was noticeably longer than those of its immediate predecessors in…

Models by: Atlas

The SD50F was a specialized Canadian variant of the EMD SD50 road switcher, produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1987. A total of sixty units were constructed exclusive…

The SD50F was powered by the EMD 645F3B prime mover, a turbocharged 16-cylinder engine producing 3,500 horsepower under normal operating conditions. Like other…

The SD50M designation refers to a category of rebuilt locomotives derived from the EMD SD50, a 3,500 horsepower road switcher that saw widespread use on American railroads during the 1980s. Among the…

The SD50M and related rebuilds centered on the EMD 16-645F3B prime mover, a turbocharged variant of the long-running 645 series engine family that produced 3,5…

The EMD SD60 entered production in 1984 as General Motors Electro-Motive Division's answer to growing railroad demand for more powerful and fuel-efficient six-axle motive power. Although it bore a cl…

The SD60 is powered by the EMD 710G3A, a 16-cylinder engine that forms part of the 710 series introduced alongside the locomotive in the mid-1980s. This prime …

Models by: Athearn · Atlas · Walthers

The SD60E represents Norfolk Southern's effort to extend the service life of its aging SD60 fleet through a comprehensive rebuilding program carried out at the railroad's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pe…

The SD60E is built on the C-C wheel arrangement of the original SD60 platform, retaining the six-axle configuration suited to heavy freight service while incor…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD SD60F was a specialized variant of Electro-Motive Division's SD60 locomotive family, produced exclusively for Canadian National Railway between 1987 and 1989. A total of 63 units were constru…

The SD60F was powered by the EMD 710G3B prime mover, a 16-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine that produced 3,800 horsepower. The locomotive rode on a C-C wheel …

The EMD SD60I was a specialized variant of Electro-Motive Division's successful SD60 family, produced exclusively for Conrail in 1993. Only 30 units were constructed, making it one of the rarest memb…

The SD60I was powered by the EMD 710G3B prime mover, a 16-cylinder engine from EMD's 710 series that produced 3,800 horsepower. Like all members of the SD60 fa…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD SD60M was a significant variant of the broader SD60 family, distinguished primarily by its adoption of the North American safety cab, a full-width short hood design that represented a major d…

The SD60M was powered by the EMD 710G3B prime mover, a 16-cylinder two-stroke turbocharged diesel engine producing 3,800 horsepower. The locomotive rode on a C…

Models by: Athearn · Atlas · Walthers