EMD SD18

what is it?

The EMD SD18 is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between April 1960 and March 1963. Power was provided by an EMD 567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,800 hp (1.3 MW). 54 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads.

who runs it

Korea Railroad CorporationChesapeake and Ohio RailwayRFRede Ferroviária Federal S.A.BABessemer and Lake Erie RailroadDMDuluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway

base stats

• power 1.3 MWpower output
• built 114made 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 66 years ago, in 1960.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1960–1963

status

preserved

number built

114

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇰🇷 South Korea

builders

Electro-Motive Diesel

operators

Korea Railroad Corporation, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A., Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway

top speed

—

power

1.3 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

C-C

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