The EMD MP15T is a model of
diesel-electric switcher locomotive
A switcher locomotive (American English), shunter locomotive (British English), or shifter locomotive (Pennsylvania Railroad terminology) is a locomotive used for maneuvering railway vehicles over short distances. Switchers do not usually move ...
s built by
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its su ...
between October 1984 and November 1987. Instead of a non-turbocharged 12-cylinder
EMD 645
The EMD 645 is a family of diesel engines that was designed and manufactured by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. While the 645 series was intended primarily for locomotive, marine and stationary engine use, one 16-cylinder versio ...
engine it uses a turbocharged 8-cylinder engine. The external appearance of the engine remains similar to other MP15 models.
42 of these locomotives were built for the
Seaboard System Railroad
The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986.
Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads—notably the Louisville & Nashv ...
, 1200–1241 (later merged into
CSX Transportation where they kept their numbers) and one unit for
Dow Chemical Company, number 957.
In 2010
Progress Rail
Progress Rail Services Corporation , a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar since 2006, is a supplier of railroad and transit system products and services headquartered in Albertville, Alabama. Founded as a recycling company in 1982, Progress R ...
, a fully owned subsidiary of
Caterpillar, purchased MP15T 1220 from CSX making CSX's total count 40.
See also
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List of GM-EMD locomotives
The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD).
Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotive ...
References
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External links
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* Sarberenyi, Robert.
EMD MP15DC, MP15AC, and MP15T Original Owners'
MP15T
Seaboard System Railroad
B-B locomotives
Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States
Railway locomotives introduced in 1984
Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
Shunting locomotives
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