EMD SD39

**EMD SD39**
Power type	Diesel
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	SD39
Build date	August 1968 – May 1970
Total production	54
AAR wheel arr.	C-C
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Prime mover	EMD 645E3
Cylinders	12
Power output	2,300 hp (1.7 MW)
Locale	United States

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.

[edit] Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	20	4000-4019
Illinois Terminal Railroad	6	2301-2306
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway	2	40-41	#40 currently used by Progressive Rail
Southern Pacific Railroad	26	5300-5325

Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD39 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

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6- and 8-axle diesel-electric locomotives built by GM-EMD
Six-axle road power:	SD7, SD9, SD18, SD24, SD28, SD35, SDP35, SD38, SD38AC, SD38-2, SD39, SDL39, SD40, SD40X, SD40A, SD40-2, SD40-2W, SD40T-2, SD40-2S, SDP40, SD45, SD45X, SD45-2, SD45T-2, SDP45, SD50, SD60, SD70, SD70M, SD70MAC, SD70M-2, SD70ACe, SD75M, SD75I, SD80MAC, SD90MAC
Eight-axle road power:	DD35, DD35A, DDA40X, DDM45
See also:	List of GM-EMD locomotives