Electro-Motive Diesel - Wikipedia
Electro-Motive Diesel (abbreviated EMD) is a brand of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry.
List of EMD locomotives - Wikipedia
The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). EMC participated in the construction of a number of motorized railcars, integrated streamliner trainsets, and experimental locomotives in the 1930s.
How GM’s Diesel Electric Locomotives Changed the World - MotorTrend
2022年8月9日 · In the 1930s, GM's Electro-Motive Division began producing many popular diesel-electric locomotives, and the diesel engines that powered them, for America's railroads. In fact, General Motors...
EMD History - UtahRails.net
2024年10月20日 · General Motors delivered its first export locomotive in 1946 and since has been the choice of railroads in 61 countries. With this number of customers selecting our locomotives, Electro-Motive has become the world's foremost builder of diesel-electric locomotives.
Electro-Motive Diesel: The Illustrious Locomotive Builder
2024年12月20日 · Electro-Motive Diesel, formerly General Motors' Electro-Motive Division, was historically one of the most successful builders of diesel locomotives.
EMD GP40 - Wikipedia
The EMD GP40 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. It has an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine generating 3,000 hp (2,240 kW).. The GP40 is 3 feet (0.914 m) longer than its EMD 567D3A-engined predecessor, the GP35, and distinguished visually by its three 48-inch radiator fans at the rear of the long hood ...
Electro-Motive history: From upstart to undisputed champ
2022年6月7日 · Hot on the heels of the Zephyr, Electro-Motive boldly took on the steam establishment with Winton-powered diesel-electric locomotives. Still without a factory of its own, the brash newcomer contracted General Electric, St. Louis Car, and Bethlehem Steel to construct nine proto-type locomotives in 1935-36.
EMC, GM-EMD, EMD History | Trains and Railroads
General Motors moved production of locomotive engines under the authority of EMC to create the GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD) on January 1, 1941. With that move, EMD became a fully self-contained development, production, marketing, and service entity.
General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) - American-Rails.com
2024年12月20日 · General Motors Diesel, Ltd. (GMD) was the Canadian arm of General Motors' Electro-Motive Division, which was established in 1950 to offer EMD products in that country and bypass the steep tariffs and customs rates required to ship locomotives across the border. GMD's plant was located in London, Ontario and began full production by the early 1950s.
EMD Turns 100 | ASSEMBLY
2022年11月30日 · In addition to mass-producing buses, cars and trucks, the automaker was once the largest locomotive builder in the world. At a massive factory just west of Chicago, GM’s Electro-Motive Division (EMD) assembled powerful machines that helped transition American railroads from steam to diesel.