EMD SD35

An EMD SD35 is a 6-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1964 and January 1966. Power was provided by an EMD 567D3A 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,500 brake horsepower (1,900 kW). A 3,000-US-gallon (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) fuel tank was used on this unit. This locomotive model shared a common frame with the EMD SD28, giving it an overall length of 60 feet 8 1⁄2 inches (18.504 m). 360 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads.

EMD SD35
CNJ #2512 leads a freight train through Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania in 1970.
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
ModelSD35
Build dateJune 1964 (1964-06) – January 1966 (1966-01)
Total produced360
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AARC-C
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length60 ft 8 1⁄2 in (18.504 m)
Fuel capacity3,000 US gal (11,000 l; 2,500 imp gal)
Prime moverEMD 567D3A
Engine typeV16 diesel
Cylinders16
Performance figures
Power output2,500 hp (1.9 MW)
Career
LocaleUnited States

Original Owners
Railroad Quantity Numbers Notes
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 23 1001–1023
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 24 7400-7419, 7437-7440
Central of Georgia Railway 10 215-224 High Hood
Central Railroad of New Jersey 12 2501–2512 to CR renumbered 6040-6051
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 14 7420-7431, 7425(2nd), 7428(2nd)
General Motors Electro-Motive Division 1 7715 to Atlantic Coast Line 1000
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 22 1200–1221
Norfolk and Western Railway 80 1500–1579 High Hood
Pennsylvania Railroad 40 6000-6039 to PC then CR 6000-6039
Southern Railway 100 3000-3099 High Hood
Southern Pacific Railroad 29 4816-4844
Western Maryland Railway 5 7432-7436

Preservation

Three EMD SD35s survive in preservation in the United States, with one rebuilt. They include:

  • Baltimore and Ohio #7402 is preserved at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. Built in 1964 for helper service on the grades of the Allegheny Mountains, it went to Chessie System in 1973 then was replaced by the SD50s in the mid 80’s. It was patched to CSX 4550 in 1987, and retired. Then in 1995 it was donated to the museum, and restored to its B&O appearance as B&O 7402.
  • Vintage Locomotives Inc 1216 is at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, TN. Built in 1965 for the L&N as 1216, it became SCL Family Lines 4508 sometime after 1971 then to SBD in 1982 and CSX in 1987 and was retired in 1988. It was then sold to Minnesota Valley as 322, where it continued to operate until being sold to PREX then to MALX. In 2008 it was renumbered to 1216, painted primer red-orange and shipped to SARM.
  • Western Maryland rebuilt SD38P 7436 is sublettered for Georges Creek Railroad (GCK) and stored in Westernport, Maryland. Built in 1964, it and all other SD35 on the WM were repainted into the circus scheme in 1969. It went to Chessie System in 1973 and then it was bought by BN some time after, rebuilt to an SD38P and numbered 6267. In 1996 it went to BNSF and kept its number until 2009 when it was renumbered to 1556. It was retired in 2011 and sent to the GCK and was restored and renumbered to WM 7436 along with WM SD40 7471 (rebuilt to a SD40M-2) in 2012, and was on display at the WMSR in 2013 until returning to the GCK and put in storage.

References
  • Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
  • Thompson, J. David. EMD SD35 and related models Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

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