EMD SD50

what is it?

The EMD SD50 is a 3,600-horsepower (2,680 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. It was introduced in May 1981 as part of EMD's "50 Series"; production ceased in January 1986. The SD50 was a transitional model between EMD's Dash 2 series which was produced throughout the 1970s and the microprocessor-equipped SD60 and SD70 locomotives.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 113 km/htop speed
• power 2.7 MWpower output
• built 492made 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 46 years ago, in 1980.
• 🚗2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏21.6 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

1980–1987

status

in service

number built

492

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

General Motors Diesel, Clyde Engineering, General Motors

operators

EMD SD50

top speed

113 km/h

power

2.7 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Co'Co'

length

21.6 m

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