The SD45 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive class built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1965 and 1971. It has an EMD 645E3 twenty- cylinder engine generating 3,600 hp (2,680 kW) on the same frame as the SD38, SD39, SD40, and SDP40.

It became SCL 2000 in May 1976 and Seaboard System 2000 in January 1983. It was renumbered 8900 in 1984 and became CSX Transportation 8900, Class SD-45, in April 1986.

2015年9月9日 · OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Southern Appalachia Railway Museum has acquired former Seaboard Coast Line SD45 No. 2024. Built in September 1971 by EMD, it is operational and includes its original 20-cylinder 645 engine rated at 3,600 horsepower.

Acquired for preservation by the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, TN. several months back is a fully functional EMD SD45 locomotive still wit...

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2024年10月13日 · Seaboard Coast Line SD45-2 #2046 waits to cross the diamond at the interlocking in Hamlet, North Carolina to continue east with its Pennyroyal coal train in April of 1978.

2024年12月20日 · The SD45 was the most powerful and entered EMD's catalog in December, 1965 with the unveiling of Demonstrator #4351. The big locomotive was equipped with a 20-cylinder variant of the builder's new model 645E3 prime mover.

The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (reporting mark SCL) was a Class I railroad company operating in the Southeastern United States beginning in 1967. Its passenger operations were taken over by Amtrak in 1971.

With countless railroad, road number, and era specific details, the Rivet Counter HO Scale SD45 is the definitive model of this ground-breaking high horsepower locomotive. First built in 1966, the SD45 served numerous Class I railroads and eventually secondhand owners and shortlines.

This DCC-ready engine features a powerful motor with five-pole skew-wound armature, dual flywheels and bronze oil-less bearings. Sign up for Walthers emails to get special offers and …