The EMD SD35 is a model of 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1964 and January 1966. Power was provided by an EMD 567D3A, 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,500 brake horsepower (1,900 kW). A 3,000-US-gallon (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) fuel tank was used on this unit. This locomotive model shared a common frame with the EMD SD28, giving it an overall length of 60 feet 8+12 inches (18.504 m). 360 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads.

EMD SD35
CNJ #2512 leads a freight train through Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania in 1970.
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
ModelSD35
Build dateJune 1964 (1964-06) – January 1966 (1966-01)
Total produced360
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARC-C
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length60 ft 8+12 in (18.504 m)
Fuel capacity3,000 US gal (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal)
Prime moverEMD 16-567D3A
Engine typeV16 diesel
Cylinders16
Performance figures
Power output2,500 hp (1.9 MW)
Career
LocaleUnited States

Original owners

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Railroad Quantity Numbers Notes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 23 1001–1023
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 24 7400-7419, 7437-7440
Central of Georgia Railway 10 215-224 High Hood
Central Railroad of New Jersey 12 2501–2512 to Conrail, renumbered 6040-6051
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 14 7420-7431, 7425(2nd), 7428(2nd)
General Motors Electro-Motive Division 1 7715 to Atlantic Coast Line 1000
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 22 1200–1221
Norfolk and Western Railway 80 1500–1579 High Hood
Pennsylvania Railroad 40 6000-6039 to Penn Central then Conrail 6000-6039
Southern Railway 100 3000-3099 High Hood
Southern Pacific Railroad 29 4816-4844
Western Maryland Railway 5 7432-7436
Totals 360

Preservation

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References

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  1. ^ "HawkinsRails - B&O Railroad Museum Diesels". hawkinsrails.net. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  2. ^ "HawkinsRails - Southern Appalachia Railway Museum Diesels". hawkinsrails.net. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ "PNLX 7436". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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