EMD SD39

BM 690 EX ITC 2301 with Train EDRJ (E.Deerfield-Rotterdam Jct gets ready to enter the Hoosac Tunnel.

An 'EMD SD39' is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between August 1968 and May 1970. Power was provided by an EMD 645E3 12-cylinder engine which could generate 2300 horsepower (1.7 MW). 54 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads. This locomotive shared the same common frame with the EMD SD38, EMD SD40 and EMD SD45.

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Original owners


Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway204000-4019
Illinois Terminal Railroad62301-2306Pan Am Railways currently operates 0ne BM 690 Ex 2301
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway240-41#40 currently used by Progressive Rail
Southern Pacific Railroad265300-5325

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★ Sarberenyi, Robert. ''EMD SD39 Original Owners''. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

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