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EMD SD28
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1965· model of 1800 hp Co′Co′ American diesel locomotive
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- 1. Illinois Central 9451 & 9450 (both SD28) (10566593353): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
what is it?
An EMD SD28 is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1965 and September 1965. Power was provided by an EMD 567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,800 horsepower (1.34 MW). This locomotive was basically a non-turbocharged version of the EMD SD35.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 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
- 1965–1966
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Korea Railroad Corporation, Columbus and Greenville 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.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323461, Wikipedia: EMD SD28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.