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EMD FP45
Santa Fe #108 at the Southern California Railway Museum
Type and origin
Power type
Diesel-electric
Builder
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model
FP45
Build date
1967-1970
Total produced
14
Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR
C-C
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheelbase
45 ft 0 in (13.72 m)
Length
72 ft 4 in (22.05 m)
Prime mover
EMD 20-645E3
Engine type
Diesel
Cylinders
20
Performance figures
Power output
3,600 hp (2,680 kW)
Career
Operators
Santa Fe, Milwaukee Road, and BNSF
Locale
Western United States
Disposition
Six preserved in museums, two wrecked, one sold to Wisconsin Central, remainder presumed scrapped
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contemporary to, and eventually overtaken by cowl units like the GE U30CG and EMDFP45, SDP40F and F40PH. Visually, the locomotive is a hood unit distinguished...
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standard. Although earlier wide-nosed cab designs on models such as the EMDFP45 and DDA40X bear a superficial resemblance, they lack the advances in collision...
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declares bankruptcy. General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMDFP45. English Electric supplies first batch of CP Class 1400 diesel-electric...
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appeared on a hood unit, the EMD DDA40X, in 1969. It was the same design as the F45 and FP45 cowl units being built by EMD at the time. The cab used on...
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locomotives were custom-ordered cowl units from both GE (the U30CG) and GM-EMD (the FP45). After the derailment of a U30CG on February 9, 1969, however, both...
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