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EMD SD39
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1968· Model of diesel-electric locomotive
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EMD SD39 BM690: The original uploader was Gp38 at English Wikipedia .· CC BY 2.5
- 2. El Andino: Sebastián Betancourt· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Fepasa KDM: Felipe Tapia· CC BY 3.0
- 4. J24 911 Bf Temuco, 2342: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. J24 912 Bf Temuco, 2346: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. La sorpresa de la semana...: Rafael, de xtrapotrenes· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Llegando a Ruca...: Terra Chillán· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The SD39 is a model of 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between August 1968 and May 1970. 54 were built for American railroads. In 1966, EMD replaced all their old models with new ones having the new 645 diesel.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 19.8 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
- 1968–1970
- number built
- 54
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- length
- 19.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4037800, Wikipedia: EMD SD39 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.