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EMD SD24
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1958· model of 2400 hp Co′Co′ American diesel locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Burlington504: Wuh Wuz Dat· CC BY 3.0
- 2. SD24 Atlas Gold (2942953253): Daniel Torres · CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Grain train: WSOR 3807 ( talk )· CC BY 2.5
- 4. MNA 1023 SD20: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The EMD SD24 is a 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) six-axle (C-C) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July 1958 and March 1963. A total of 224 units were built for customers in the United States, comprising 179 regular, cab-equipped locomotives and 45 cabless B units. The latter were built solely for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 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
- 1958–1963
- number built
- 179
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Union Pacific Railroad, Southern Railway, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Electro-Motive Diesel, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, Kennecott Utah Copper, New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.8 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 Q5323460, Wikipedia: EMD SD24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.