An EMD SD35 is a 6-axle
diesel-electric locomotive
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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 June 1964 and January 1966. Power was provided by an
EMD 567D3A, 16-
cylinder
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A cylinder may also be defined as an infin ...
engine which generated . A fuel tank was used on this unit. This locomotive model shared a common frame with the
EMD SD28, giving it an overall length of . 360 examples of this locomotive model were built for
American railroads.
Original Owners
Preservation
Three EMD SD35s survive in preservation in the United States, with one rebuilt. They include:
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Baltimore and Ohio
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...
#7402 is preserved at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Built in 1964 for helper service on the grades of the Allegheny Mountains, it went to
Chessie System
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated unde ...
in 1973 then was replaced by the
SD50s in the mid 80’s. It was patched to
CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
4550 in 1987, and retired. Then in 1995 it was donated to the museum, and restored to its
B&O appearance as B&O 7402.
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Vintage Locomotives Inc 1216 is at the
Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Built in 1965 for the
L&N as 1216, it became SCL Family Lines 4508 sometime after 1971 then to
SBD in 1982 and
CSX
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in 1987 and was retired in 1988. It was then sold to Minnesota Valley as 322, where it continued to operate until being sold to PREX then to MALX. In 2008 it was renumbered to 1216, painted primer red-orange and shipped to SARM.
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Western Maryland
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rebuilt
SD38P 7436 is sublettered for
Georges Creek Railroad (GCK) and stored in
Westernport, Maryland
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History
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. Built in 1964, it and all other SD35 on the
WM were repainted into the circus scheme in 1969. It went to
Chessie System
Chessie System, Inc. was a holding company that owned the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O), the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), the Western Maryland Railway (WM), and Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (B&OCT). Trains operated unde ...
in 1973 and then it was bought by
BN some time after, rebuilt to an SD38P and numbered 6267. In 1996 it went to
BNSF
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and kept its number until 2009 when it was renumbered to 1556. It was retired in 2011 and sent to the GCK and was restored and renumbered to WM 7436 along with WM
SD40 SD40 may refer to:
* Canon PowerShot SD40, a digital camera
* EMD SD40
The EMD SD40 is an American 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and August 1972. 1,268 locomotives were buil ...
7471 (rebuilt to a
SD40M-2) in 2012, and was on display at the
WMSR in 2013 until returning to the GCK and put in storage.
References
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* Thompson, J. David.
EMD SD35 and related models Original Owners'. Retrieved on August 27, 2006
External links
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www.railgoat.railfan.net/sp_sd35/index.html
http://espee.railfan.net/spsd35.html
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Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States
Railway locomotives introduced in 1964
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Standard gauge locomotives of the United States