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EMD SD80MAC
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1995· model of diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Conrail SD80MAC 4100: The original uploader was Ble909 at English Wikipedia .· CC BY 2.5
- 2. NS 7210 EMD SD80MAC CR paint (cropped): Nate Beal· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The EMD SD80MAC was a 5,000 horsepower (3.7 MW) C-C diesel-electric locomotive first produced in 1995 and in service until February 2020. It was powered by a 20-cylinder version of EMD's 710G prime mover, and was the second diesel locomotive by GM-EMD to use a V20 engine, since EMD's SD45 series. It introduced a wide radiator housing similar to GE Transportation locomotives and the placement of dynamic brakes at the rear of the locomotive, which is a quieter location, features that were incorporated into the SD90MAC and SD70ACe models.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- 4 MW is about 46 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1995–2018
- status
- in service
- number built
- 37
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Conrail, Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation, Indian Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 24.4 m
- weight
- 191 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323474, Wikipedia: EMD SD80MAC (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.