EMD SD35

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+1⁄2 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 type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model SD35 Build date June 1964 (1964-06) – January 1966 (1966-01) Total produced 360
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Length 60 ft 8+1⁄2 in (18.504 m) Fuel capacity 3,000 US gal (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) Prime mover EMD 16-567D3A Engine type V16 diesel Cylinders 16
Performance figures Power output 2,500 hp (1.9 MW)
Career Locale United States

Original owners

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

• Baltimore & Ohio #7402 is preserved at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.^[1]
• VLIX #1216 (built 1965 as L&N #1216) is preserved at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, awaiting restoration.^[2]
• Western Maryland #7436 (built 1964) is preserved and operable, currently leased to various shortline railroads. It was rebuilt by the Burlington Northern Railroad into an SD38P and is owned by Precision Locomotive Leasing.^[3]

References

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.

• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
• Thompson, J. David. EMD SD35 and related models Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

External links

•   Media related to EMD SD35 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons