Soo Line 6022, an EMD SD60, pulls a Westbound train through Wisconsin Dells, WI. Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), June 20, 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file...

Soo Line 6022, an EMD SD60, pulls a Westbound train through Wisconsin Dells, WI. Photo by Sean Lamb (User:Slambo), June 20, 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file...

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The EMD SD60 was a 3,800 horsepower (2.8 MW) 6-axle Great Western Railway No. 6833 Calcot Grange, a 4-6-0 Grange class steam locomotive, at Bristol Temple Meads station, Bristol, England A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to provide... diesel-electric locomotive built by GM redirects here. For other uses, see GM (disambiguation). General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Oldsmobile, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall. Chevrolet and GMC divisions produce... General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. Intended for heavy-duty drag freight or medium-speed freight service, it was introduced in 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the... 1984, and production of SD60 variants ran until 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/ Events January January 1 Austria, Finland and Sweden enter the European Union Fred West, accused... 1995. The development of the SD50 and SD60 series in the late 1970's and early 1980's was spurred by the introduction of 3,600 horsepower (2.7 MW) GE B36-7 and GE C36-7 locomotives by EMD's main competitor GE Transportation Systems is the division of the General Electric corporation producing railroad locomotives and electrical and propulsion equipment for transit cars. It is based in Erie, Pennsylvania. Products include Diesel locomotives for the passenger and freight markets, railway car electrical systems, propulsion controllers, propulsion units, converters, and electical equipment... General Electric. In 1980, the EMD SD50 series locomotives were introduced, but these were not a success owing to poor engine reliabilty. EMD therefore quickly commenced development of the SD60 series. Although the carbody and frame are nearly indistinguishable from the EMD SD50, the SD60 featured the new 16 cylinder EMD 710 For the philosophical/theological concept of a prime mover (that is, a self-created being that is the ultimate cause or mover of all things), see cosmological argument. The term prime mover is used to describe the main mechanical power source of any number of devices. For instance, the engine... prime mover. These replaced the overstressed EMD 645 that proved so problematic in the SD50. The SD60 was also fitted out with upgraded Traction motor typically refers to those motors that are used to power the driving wheels of a railroad locomotive, electrical multi-unit train (such as a subway or light rail vehicle train), or a tram. Traditionally, these are large DC series motors usually running on approximately 600 volts. Nowadays, the... traction motors, a new design of trucks, and a Microprocessors, including an Intel 80486DX2 and an Intel 80386 A microprocessor (abbreviated as µP or uP) is an electronic computer central processing unit (CPU) made from miniaturized transistors and other circuit elements on a single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) (aka microchip or just chip). Before the advent of microprocessors, electronic... microprocessor-based control system. The SD60 proved to be much more reliable and Fuel efficiency, sometimes also referred to as fuel economy and commonly gas mileage in the United States, is a numeric measure often used to describe the amount of fuel consumed with regard to the distance travelled in a transportation vehicle, such as an automobile. The measure is usually expressed in... fuel-efficient than the SD50, and did much to repair the damage to EMD's reputation caused by the unreliable SD50. EMD claimed that three SD60 units could replace four of the industry standard workhorse SD40-2.

Variants

Several variants of the SD60 were built, including:

• The standard SD60, which had a conventional A GP40 running long hood forward A hood unit, in railroad terminology, is a body style for locomotives. On a hood unit, the body of the locomotive is less than full-width for most of the locomotives length, with walkways on the outside of the locomotive. In contrast, a... hood unit configuration.
• The SD60F, ordered and operated by CN redirects here, as its the most common usage of the abbreviation in Canada; for more uses, see CN (disambiguation). Canadian National Railway logo or herald (used post-1960) Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre_1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE... Canadian National, had a full-width The GE P42 is one of many cowl designs. A cowl unit is a body style of diesel locomotive. The terminology is a North American one. A cowl unit is one with full-width enclosing bodywork, similar to the cab unit style of earlier locomotives, but unlike the cab unit... cowl body and four piece windshield.
• The SD60I "Whispercab" variant featured a cab (with a full-width short hood) that was isolated from sound and vibration using a system of rubber gaskets. The same cab was later used on the Categories: Rail stubs | EMD locomotives ... SD70I, the The SD80MAC is a 5000 horsepower (3.7 MW) C-C diesel-electric locomotive. It is based on the design of the SD90MAC and looks almost identical to that model, the key difference being the engine horsepower. All 30 units built were delivered to Conrail. When the Conrail split up... SD80MAC and the The EMD SD90MAC is a 6000 horsepower C-C diesel-electric locomotive produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. It is, with the SD80MAC, one of the largest single-engined locomotive produced by that company, surpassed only by the dual-engined DD series. The SD90MACs feature radial steering trucks and... SD90MAC. Only Conrail, officially known as the Consolidated Rail Corporation, is an American railroad company. It currently serves as a local carrier for CSX and Norfolk Southern; this arrangement is often referred to as Conrail Shared Assets Operations, the basis of the current reporting marks CSAO. Until June 6, 1998, Conrail owned... Conrail ordered this engine.
• The SD60M, first ordered by the The Union Pacific Railroad (NYSE: UNP) is the largest railroad in the United States. Its primary AAR reporting mark is UP. The railroad is wholly owned by Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) which also owns Overnite Transportation, a fairly major less-than-truckload shipping carrier. Union Pacific divested itself of... Union Pacific featured a "North American safety cab" design with a full-width short hood. Early models featured a three-window design with vertical windows; later production used two windshield panes that were sloped back, and a somewhat shorter nose.
• The SD60MAC was a variant of the SD60M with An alternating current (AC) is an electrical current, where the magnitude of the current varies in a cyclical form, as opposed to direct current, where the polarity of the current stays constant. The usual waveform of an AC circuit is generally that of a sine wave, as this results in... AC powered traction motors. Although four demonstrator SD60MAC units tested on the Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Kentucky railroads | Minnesota railroads | Missouri railroads | Montana railroads | Nebraska railroads | North Dakota railroads | Oregon railroads | South Dakota railroads | Washington railroads | Wisconsin railroads | Wyoming railroads ... Burlington Northern proved the viability of EMD's AC traction system, all subsequent orders were for the Categories: Rail stubs | EMD locomotives ... SD70MAC.

References

• Diesel Era (unknown year). EMD’s SD60 Series – Steppingstone to the 21st Century. Diesel Era. ISBN 1881411087.

External links

• TrainWeb.com. The Unofficial EMD homepage (http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/index.html).
• A photo gallery of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. The company controls a major Class I railroad, the Norfolk Southern Railway Company, commonly abbreviated NS. The railroad operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia and the province... Norfolk Southern SD60s (http://www.krunk.org/~joeshaw/pics/ns/emd-locos/sd60.shtml)