EMD MP15T

EMD MP15T
CSX #1216 in Buffalo, New York in 2004.
Type and origin Power type Diesel Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division Build date October 1984 – November 1987 Total produced 43
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Career Operators Seaboard System Railroad Number in class 42

Seaboard System 1230 in 1985.

An EMD MP15T is a 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) 4-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1984 and November 1987. Instead of a non-turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD 645 engine it uses a turbocharged 8-cylinder engine. The external appearance of the engine remains similar to other MP15 models.

42 of these locomotives were built for the Seaboard System Railroad, 1200–1241 (later merged into CSX Transportation where they kept their numbers) and one unit for Dow Chemical Company, number 957.

In 2010 Progress Rail, a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, purchased MP15T 1220 from CSX making CSX's total count 40.

See also

• List of GM-EMD locomotives

References

• Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.

External links

• Media related to EMD MP15T locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD MP15DC, MP15AC, and MP15T Original Owners
• EMD MP15T photos at rrpicturearchives.net