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EMD SD75M/SD75I

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1994· model of American diesel locomotive

what is it?

The EMD SD75M and EMD SD75I are 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

  • power 3.2 MWpower output
  • built 76made 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 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 SD75M/SD75I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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