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EMD SD60 series

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1984· locomotive class

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. CEFX 6014: Augy8400· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. NS 6554 EMD SD60 (cropped): Emmett Tullos· CC BY 2.0
3. CSX 8747 EMD SD60 (32090888880): Raymond Wambsgans from Akron Ohio, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. Electro-Motive Division EMD 9004 (SD60) (10570403936): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
5. KCS 756 EMD SD60 (cropped): terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. NS 6554 EMD SD60: Emmett Tullos· CC BY 2.0
7. SOO 6012 (SD60) (10570031266): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
8. Union Pacific UP 6045 (SD60) (10568968714): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
9. The last oakway SD60 (45741008324): aqua scissors· CC BY-SA 2.0
10. BPRR train south side: Hhm8· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The EMD SD60 is a series of 3,800 horsepower (2,800 kW), six-axle diesel-electric locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, intended for heavy-duty drag freight or medium-speed freight service. It was introduced in 1984, and production ran until 1995.

who runs it

See original owners

base stats

speed 113 km/htop speed
power 2.8 MWpower output
weight 167 tin working order
built 1,144made 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 42 years ago, in 1984.
2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
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: 1984–1995
status: in service
number built: 1,144
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇨🇦 Canada
builders: General Motors Diesel, General Motors
operators: See original owners
top speed: 113 km/h
power: 2.8 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: Co'Co'
length: 21.6 m
weight: 167 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1094109, Wikipedia: EMD SD60 series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.