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EMD SD7
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1951· model of 1500 hp Co′Co′ American diesel locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SP 1518 20050716 Illinois Railway Museum: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 2023-05-27 Southern Pacific 1518: Aaron Headly· CC BY 2.0
- 3. EMD SD7R: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, California Republic· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy transfer run led by SD7 319 at 130th Street and Torrence Ave., Chicago, IL on November 25, 1966 (25823992086): railfan 44· Public domain
what is it?
The EMD SD7 is a model of 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between May 1951 and November 1953. It had an EMD 567B 16-cylinder engine producing 1,500 horsepower (1.12 MW) for its six traction motors. United States railroads bought 188 units.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 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
- 1951–1953
- status
- in service
- number built
- 188
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 140 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q898446, Wikipedia: EMD SD7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.