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EMD SD45-2

The EMD SD45-2 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). EMD built 136 locomotives between 1972–1974, primarily for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). The SD45-2 was an improved version of the EMD SD45; the primary visual difference is the lack of flared radiators on the SD45-2.

Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the SD45-2 was an upgraded SD45. Like the SD45, the SD45-2 had an EMD 645E3 20-cylinder engine producing 3,600 horsepower (2,680 kW). The main spotting difference between an SD45 and an SD45-2 was the long hood and the rear radiator. On the SD45 the long hood is flared whereas on the SD45-2 it is vertical and the rear cooling fans are more spread out on the top of the rear of the long hood.[1] This unit used the same frame as the EMD SD40-2 and EMD SD38-2. The largest owner of the SD45-2 was the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe with 90 units, the Clinchfield had 18 units, Seaboard Coast line had 15 units and Erie Lackawanna rostered 13 units.

#5625-5714 were the SD45-2's purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway




1 Template SD45-2


3 " Yellowbonnet" SD45-2s

ATSF 5666
ATSF 5694
ATSF 5810


2 Bicentennial SD45-2s (1976 Spec)

ATSF 5704
ATSF 5700

2 " Kodachrome" SD45-2s

SPSF 7221
ATSF 5803

2 "Pinstripe" SD45-2s

ATSF 5649
ATSF 5660





Model by ABStudio, Edited by NateOutOfContext
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