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EMD SD75 series
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1994· model of American diesel locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Brampton ON CN-5718 EMD-SD75I 2017-03-21 (cropped): Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. BNSF 8287 EMD SD75I (cropped): terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The EMD SD75 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1994 and 1996. The series is an improvement and extension to the EMD SD70 series, which further is an extension to the EMD SD60. These locomotives shared its microprocessor with the EMD SD70 & SD60.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 3.2 MW is about 38 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
- 1994–1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 76
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 3.2 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 Q5323473, Wikipedia: EMD SD75 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-11-14.