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EMD MP15DC
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1974· model of 1500 hp American diesel switcher
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. UPY 1350 EMD MP15DC: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Loco No. 1363 in Silvis: Joseph Gage· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. MP15DC: Wikimedia Commons· Attribution
what is it?
The EMD MP15, sometimes referenced as MP15DC, is a 1,500 hp (1,119 kW) diesel–electric road switcher locomotive model produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1980. It was equipped with a V12 12-645E engine sporting a Roots blower. The length was either 47 ft 8 in (14.53 m) or 48 ft 8 in (14.83 m) depending on the build date.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1974–1980
- number built
- 351
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 14.3 m
- weight
- 113 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323452, Wikipedia: EMD MP15DC (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.