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EMD F45
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1968· model of 86 American 3600hp Co′Co′ diesel-electric cowl locomotives; freight version of FP45
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TTX 1002 at College Park Feb 1991xRP - Flickr - drewj1946: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Austin MT 8 23 05xRPRP - Flickr - drewj1946: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The EMD F45 is a C-C cowled diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1968 and 1971. Power was provided by an EMD 645E3 20-cylinder engine which generated 3,600 hp (2,680 kW).
who runs it
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 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
- 1968–1971
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 86
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Great Northern Railway, Burlington Northern Railroad, Montana Rail Link, Utah Railway, BNSF Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323407, Wikipedia: EMD F45 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.