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EMD MP15T
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division
Build dateOctober 1984 – November 1987
Total produced43
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Career
Number in class42

An EMD MP15T is a 4-axle diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1984 and November 1987. This unit is basically a turbocharged version of the MP15AC.

42 examples of this locomotive model were built for the Seaboard System Railroad (later merged into CSX) and one unit for Dow Chemical Company.

In 2010 Progress Rail Services, A Caterpillar Company, purchased one MP15T from CSX making CSX's total count 41.

See also

List of GM-EMD locomotives

References

  • Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.