Designed in 1967 at the request of the Santa Fe, the FP45 was basically an SDP45 road switcher with a streamlined cab unit body. The "P" in FP45 indicated a passenger diesel with a steam generator for train heat.

Amtrak purchased a similar passenger locomotive based on the 3,000 hp (2,240 kW) SD40-2, the SDP40F. After a series of derailments and their subsequent withdrawal, Amtrak traded 18 units to the Santa Fe, where they were converted for freight use. The converted locomotives were designated as SDF40-2.

2024年12月16日 · Manufactured at the Santa Fe's request, the FP45 was designed as both a dual service locomotive while also offering a simplified full-width carbody. Only two railroads ultimately purchased the model; the AT&SF and Milwaukee Road.

Amtrak operates a fleet of 2,142 railway cars and 425 locomotives for revenue runs and service, collectively called rolling stock. Notable examples include the GE Genesis and Siemens Charger diesel locomotives, the Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive, the Amfleet series of single-level passenger cars, the Superliner series of double-decker ...

Amtrak Photographic Roster : Reporting Marks: AMTK Showing Locomotive model FP45 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

2020年7月14日 · Included are locomotives, passenger & freight cars, an interlocking tower, and numerous supporting artifacts & archival material. Featured below are key pieces of rolling stock in the Museum’s Historic Santa Fe Collection. The Museum was fortunate to have had a close relationship with the Dallas office of Santa Fe’s Public Relations Department.

ATSF No. 108 at the Southern California Railway Museum. The EMD FP45 is a cowl unit type of C-C diesel locomotive produced in the United States by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD).

Amtrak bought a similar passenger locomotive based on the 3,000 hp (2,240 kW) SD40-2, the SDP40F. The last three F45's in service were on the Montana Rail Link and the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway in the northern and northeastern United States.

Nine 3600 hp FP45 locomotives numbered 100-108 were delivered for service on the El Capitan and Super Chief in 1967, painted in the classic red and silver “warbonnet” colors which had graced Santa Fe’s diesel passenger locomotives since 1937.

Built to 1/48 scale proportions and outfitted with Proto-Sound 2.0, the FP45 includes all the features that make RailKing Scale locomotives one of the best values in model railroading. Non-Powered Unit Features: