EMD FP45

what is it?

The EMD FP45 is a cowl unit type of C-C diesel locomotive produced in the United States by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). It was produced beginning in 1967 at the request of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which did not want its prestigious Super Chief/El Capitan and other passenger trains pulled by freight style hood unit locomotives, which have external walkways.

who runs it

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadBNSF Railway

base stats

• power 2.7 MWpower output
• built 14made in total

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 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🚗2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏22 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1967–1970

status

preserved

number built

14

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Electro-Motive Diesel

operators

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway

top speed

—

power

2.7 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

C-C

length

22 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.