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EMD F2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1946· model of 1350 hp American diesel cab locomotive, 74 A units and 30 B units sold
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Atlantic and East Carolina Railway EMD F2 1946: Minneapolis Star· Public domain
- 2. Rock Island EMD F2 diesel locomotives heading a freight at Joliet Union Station, 16 Aug 1963: Lawrence and David Barera· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad EMD F2 1946: published by the Charlestown Courier· Public domain
what is it?
The EMD F2 was a freight-hauling diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1946 and November 1946. It succeeded the FT model in GM-EMD's F-unit sequence, and was replaced in turn by the F3. The F2 was in many respects a transitional type between those two; it kept the 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) rated D8 generator from the FT due to late development of the new D12 generator intended for the F3, but in a revised carbody design and internal layout that would be continued through the rest of the F-unit series.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 80 years ago, in 1946.
- Top speed is 1.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- 74
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- 164 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1275168, Wikipedia: EMD F2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.