EMD SDL39

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
• UIC	Co′Co′
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, ; later converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Length	55 ft 2 in (16.81 m)
Fuel capacity	1,200 US gal (4,500 L; 1,000 imp gal)
Prime mover	EMD 12-645E3
Engine type	V12 diesel
Cylinders	12

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Serial number	34272–34276, 7345-1–7345-5
Model	SDL39
Build date	March–April 1969 (5), November 1972 (5)
Total produced	10

EMD SDL39
EMD SDL39
	FEPASA D-2345 at Lautaro, Chile.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Serial number	34272–34276, 7345-1–7345-5
Model	SDL39
Build date	March–April 1969 (5), November 1972 (5)
Total produced	10
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	C-C
• UIC	Co′Co′
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, ; later converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Length	55 ft 2 in (16.81 m)
Fuel capacity	1,200 US gal (4,500 L; 1,000 imp gal)
Prime mover	EMD 12-645E3
Engine type	V12 diesel
Cylinders	12
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	2,300 hp (1.7 MW)
Operators
Career
Operators	Milwaukee Road; → Soo Line; → Wisconsin Central; → Fepasa;
Numbers	MILW 581-590; SOO 582–590; WC 582–590; FEPASA 2341-2349;
Locale	Upper midwest United States and Chile

The EMD SDL39 is a model of 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between March 1969 and November 1972. Power was provided by the EMD 645E3 12-cylinder engine as used in the EMD GP39 which generated 2,300 horsepower (1.7 MW). The unit was built on a short 55-foot-2-inch (16.81 m) frame with C-C export trucks, barely tipping the scales at 250,000 pounds (110,000 kg) and managing a light-footed axle-loading of just 20.8 short tons (18.6 long tons; 18.9 t) per axle.^[1]

All 10 examples of this locomotive model were built for Milwaukee Road, who wanted a lightweight road-switcher^[2] to replace their fleet of ALCO RSC-2s.^[3]

These Milwaukee Road units were numbered 581–590. The 581 was wrecked at Sacred Heart, MN in 1983, and scrapped the following year. The remaining nine units were transferred to the Soo Line Railroad when it acquired the Milwaukee Road. All were subsequently included in the sale of the Soo's Lakes States Division (most of its network in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, plus some lines in adjoining Illinois and Minnesota) to the new Wisconsin Central Limited. After the Wisconsin Central was purchased by, and merged into the Canadian National Railway, the nine units were returned to the lessor, and were sold to FEPASA, Chilean Freight Operation Concession.^{[citation needed]}

Citations

^ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 54. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
^ Solomon, Brian (2006). EMD Locomotives. Voyageur Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-61060-379-9.
^ Marre, Louis A.; Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Books. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-89024-088-5.

References

Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.

External links

Media related to EMD SDL39 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD39 and SDL39 Original Owners.

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[1] Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 54. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.

[2] Solomon, Brian (2006). EMD Locomotives. Voyageur Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-61060-379-9.

[3] Marre, Louis A.; Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Books. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-89024-088-5.

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