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EMD SD70 series

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1992· Series of diesel-electric locomotives built by EMD

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. IC Loco No.1025: Railfan Jack ( talk )· GFDL
  2. 2. UP 1996 (1290120334): Bruce Fingerhood from Springfield, Oregon, US· CC BY 2.0
  3. 3. EMD SD70ACe: Augy8400· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Alaska Railroad EMD SD70 (ARR 4006) at Fairbanks Depot: Quintin Soloviev· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. BNSF 9819 EMD SD70MAC: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. EMD SD70ACe45 9558 Eldorado: Fernando Da Silva Rodrigues· CC BY-SA 2.5
  7. 7. IC1004 EMD SD70: Nate Beal· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. Trainspotting CN -8903 EMD SD70M-2 leading CN -2561 GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW) (8098478098): Lord of the Wings© from Toronto, Canada· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. UP 3032-EMD SD70ACe-T4: Jim Hamilton· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. UP 8835-EMD SD70AH (47481543661): Jim Hamilton· CC BY 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
EMD SD70 series, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Railfan Jack ( talk )· GFDL

what is it?

The EMD SD70 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by Electro-Motive Diesel. This locomotive family is an extension and improvement of the EMD SD60 series. Production commenced in late 1992 and since then over 5,700 units have been produced; most of these are the SD70M, SD70MAC, and SD70ACe models.

base stats

  • speed 121 km/htop speed
  • built 6,755made in total

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 34 years ago, in 1992.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1992
status
in service
number built
6,755
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Electro-Motive Diesel
top speed
121 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Co'Co' (Bo'Bo'Bo'Bo' for SD70ACe-BB
nicknames
Vacuum Cleaners (SD70ACe-T4) Thundercabs (Early SD70ACe models)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q3267769, Wikipedia: EMD SD70 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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