#3763
EMD SD35
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1964· model of 2500 hp Co′Co′ American diesel locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Baltimore and Ohio 7401 freight near Keyser West Virginia (Gafton Line) on March 2, 1969 (22466643892): railfan 44· Public domain
- 2. CNJ SD35 2512 at Jim Thrope, PA on July 12, 1970 02 (24160277741): railfan 44· Public domain
what is it?
The EMD SD35 is a model of 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1964 and January 1966. Power was provided by an EMD 567D3A, 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,500 brake horsepower (1,900 kW). A 3,000-US-gallon (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) fuel tank was used on this unit.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1966
- number built
- 360
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323463, Wikipedia: EMD SD35 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.