EMD FP45

Santa Fe #95 was built in 1967 and rebuilt as an SDFP45 by the Santa Fe in August 1981.
Power type	Diesel
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	FP45
Build date	1967 –
Total production	14
AAR wheel arr.	C-C
Gauge	1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Wheelbase	45 ft (13.2 m)
Length	72 ft 4 in (22.1 m)
Prime mover	EMD 645E3
Cylinders	V20
Power output	3,600 hp (2,700 kW)
Career	Santa Fe and Milwaukee Road
Locale	western United States
Disposition	several preserved in museums

The EMD FP45 is a cowl unit type of C-C diesel locomotive produced in the United States by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. It was produced beginning in 1967 at the request of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, who did not want freight–style locomotives to haul its prestigious Super Chief and other passenger trains. EMD FP45 locomotive of the Santa Fe. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. ... Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails which make up a railway track. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... For the philosophical/theological concept of a prime mover (that is, a self-existent being that is the ultimate cause or mover of all things), see cosmological argument. ... The EMD 645 is a line of diesel engines built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. ... A piston and cylinder from a steam engine A cylinder in an internal combustion engine is the space within which a piston travels. ... A V20 is an internal combustion engine in V configuration, having 20 cylinders. ... SHP redirects here. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... The GE P42 is one of many cowl designs. ... The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. ... Great Western Railway No. ... Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... The Super Chief being serviced at the Albuquerque, New Mexico depot in March, 1943. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ...

History and development

The EMD SDP45 was a good passenger locomotive, but to the Santa Fe it did not look the part. EMD therefore designed a lightweight "cowl" body to cover the locomotive, though it did not, as in earlier cab units, provide any structural strength, which remained in the frame. The cowl provided sleeker looks, better aerodynamics at speed, and allowed the crew to enter the engine compartment en route for diagnostics and maintenance. The EMD SDP45 was a six-axle C-C 3,600 hp (2,700 kW) diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois. ... A cab unit and a carbody unit, while closely related, are not exactly the same thing. ...

The Santa Fe purchased nine of the locomotives (road numbers 100 through 108), and the Milwaukee Road bought five for its passenger service. Such low production was feasible and profitable for EMD since the locomotive was fundamentally just a re-clothed SDP45. Power, as in the SDP45, was from a V20 645E3 engine (or "prime mover") developing 3600 horsepower (2700 kW). The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... A V20 is an internal combustion engine in V configuration, having 20 cylinders. ...

When Amtrak took over passenger service, the FP45s were reassigned to fast freight service, especially Santa Fe's Super C high-speed intermodal run. They were soon repainted from their original red and silver Warbonnet scheme to the standard blue and yellow freight scheme when the steam generators were removed and they were permanently assigned to the freight pool. In June, 1989 two of the units, #5992 and #5998, were repainted once more in a modified version of the Warbonnet scheme (this time, displaying Santa Fe in large, red letters "billboard"–style across the side) and re–designated as #101 and #102. The units reentered service on July 4 as part of the new "Super Fleet" — the first Santa Fe units to be so decorated for freight service. The six remaining units were thereafter similarly repainted and renumbered, and remained in this scheme (some re–lettered BNSF after the merger) until their retirement in the late 1990s, after some 30 years of service. Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida Amtrak’s high-speed Acela Express at Penn Station New York, NY Amtrak is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... Santa Fe #5703, one of five EMD model SD45-2s specially decorated in red, white, and blue to commemorate Americas Bicentennial, leads the Super C high-speed intermodal train. ... An intermodal train carrying both shipping containers and highway semi-trailers in piggyback service, on flatcars, passes through the Cajon Pass in February, 1995. ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... A steam generator is a device used to boil water to create steam. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... The BNSF Railway (AAR reporting mark BNSF), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the largest railroad networks in North America (only one competitor, the Union Pacific Railroad, is comparable in size). ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

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Additional specifications

• Final drive gear ratio: 59:18

Preservation

Those that weren't wrecked in service are on display in museums:

• Santa Fe 90: preserved at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City in a non-operational state. #90 was the last FP45 donated by the Santa Fe and had resided on a RIP track for two years before being delivered to the museum.
• Santa Fe 92: was donated to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois.
• Santa Fe 93: preserved at the Great Plains Transportation Museum in Wichita, Kansas.
• Santa Fe 98: was donated in operating condition less the cab's air conditioner to the Orange Empire Railway Museum at Perris, California. It is still used for demonstration runs, though infrequently because of its sheer size and slightly low compression in two cylinders. This historic locomotive has the distinction of being the last passenger locomotive ever purchased by the Santa Fe.

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References

• Duke, Donald (1997). Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume Two. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. ISBN 0-87095-110-6.

External links

• Additional photos, specifications and information on the surviving FP45 locomotives-by Jim Fuhrman
• Santa Fe 92 specifications as preserved at IRM

Diesel cab and cowl locomotives built by GM-EMD
Cab units (F- & E-units): FT, F2, F3, F7, FP7, F9, FP9, FL9, TA, EA/EB, E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9, AB6 Cowl units: F45, FP45, F40C, F40PH, F40PH-2, F40PH-2C, F40PH-2M, SDP40F, SD40-2F, SD50F, F59PH, F59PHI, SD60F See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives