The EMD MP15AC is a 1,500 horsepower diesel road switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between August 1975 and August 1984, a variant of the MP15DC with an AC/DC transmission. A total of 246 were built, including 25 for export to Mexico and four built in Canada. Its alternator and silicon rectifier replaced the DC generator, which made it 1.5 feet longer and more reliable, and it can be told apart from the DC models by side intakes and electric fans instead of a front radiator intake. It used a roots-blown 12-cylinder 645E engine.
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Production dates
between August 1975 and August 1984
Power output
is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) diesel road switcher locomotive
Units built
246 examples were built
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The MP15 used a roots-blown 12-cylinder 645E engine
End of production
between August 1975 and August 1984
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is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) diesel road switcher locomotive built by General Motors
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is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) diesel road switcher locomotive built by General Motors
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is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) diesel road switcher locomotive built by General Motors
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is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) diesel road switcher locomotive built by General Motors
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