The EMD SD45T-2 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD for the Southern Pacific Railroad and colloquially nicknamed a tunnel motor. In all 247 units, including the original EMD and SP joint-venture prototype, were produced from February 1972 to June 1975, 84 of them for SP's subsidiary Cotton Belt. It was a variant of the SD45-2 with Dash 2 components, and the T denotes cooling system modifications that moved the radiator air intake to walkway level, built for mountainous areas where SP had overheating problems with its SD45 units. From 1986 to 1989, 126 were rebuilt as SD45T-2R.
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247 total units (including the original EMD/SP joint-venture prototype) were produced from February 1972 to June 1975
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247 total units (including the original EMD/SP joint-venture prototype) were produced from February 1972 to June 1975
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247 total units (including the original EMD/SP joint-venture prototype) were produced from February 1972 to June 1975
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is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD for the Southern Pacific Railroad
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is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD for the Southern Pacific Railroad
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is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD for the Southern Pacific Railroad
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is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD for the Southern Pacific Railroad
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