EMD E8

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/EMD_E8

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:date	August 1949 – January 1954
gptkbp:engineType	V12 two-stroke diesel
gptkbp:height	14 ft 6 in
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	EMD E8
gptkbp:length	70 ft 3.5 in
gptkbp:locomotiveWeight	315,000 lb
gptkbp:manufacturer	gptkb:Electro-Motive_Division
gptkbp:maximumSpeed	85–117 mph
gptkbp:multipleWorking	yes
gptkbp:numberOfEngines	2
gptkbp:powerOutput	2,250 hp
gptkbp:powers	diesel-electric
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:EMD_E7
gptkbp:preservedUnits	yes
gptkbp:primeMover	gptkb:EMD_567B
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:EMD_E9
gptkbp:totalProduced	450
gptkbp:tractionMotors	4
gptkbp:trainBrakes	air
gptkbp:used_in	gptkb:Canadian_National_Railway gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad gptkb:Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad gptkb:Kansas_City_Southern_Railway gptkb:New_Haven_Railroad gptkb:Pennsylvania_Railroad gptkb:Nickel_Plate_Road gptkb:Southern_Railway gptkb:Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad gptkb:Missouri_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Western_Pacific_Railroad gptkb:Wabash_Railroad gptkb:Boston_and_Maine_Railroad gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway gptkb:New_York_Central_Railroad gptkb:Grand_Trunk_Western_Railroad gptkb:Reading_Company gptkb:Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway gptkb:Illinois_Central_Railroad gptkb:Norfolk_and_Western_Railway gptkb:Northern_Pacific_Railway gptkb:Rock_Island_Railroad gptkb:Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad gptkb:Gulf,_Mobile_and_Ohio_Railroad gptkb:Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad gptkb:St._Louis-San_Francisco_Railway gptkb:Texas_and_Pacific_Railway gptkb:Louisville_and_Nashville_Railroad gptkb:Milwaukee_Road gptkb:Erie_Railroad
gptkbp:wheelArrangement	A1A-A1A
gptkbp:width	10 ft 7 in
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Electro-Motive_Division_locomotives
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5