MP15AC EMD switcher Profile and Models

CSX 4017 at Atlanta, Georgia in June 1987. ©Roger Puta

The EMD MP15AC is a 1,500 hp (1,120 kW) diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between August 1975 and August 1984. A variant of the EMD MP15DC with an AC-DC transmission, 246 examples were built, including 25 for export to Mexico, and four built in Canada. The six largest buyers, Milwaukee (64), Southern Pacific (58), Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (45), Nacionales de México (25), Long Island (23), and Louisville & Nashville (10), were all buying road locomotives with AR10 alternators throughout the 1970s, so the similarly-equipped MP15AC was easily kept in good repair. 36 more units were sold to 8 other customers. (Information provided via Wikipedia)
Type of Locomotive	Diesel-Electric
Builder	General Motors EMD & GMD
Build Dates	1975 to 1984
Total Built	246
Tractive Effort	62,000lbf
Power Output	1,500hp
Top Speed	65mph
Wheel Configuration	Bo-Bo
Operated By	Amtrak BNSF Canadian Pacific CSX Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak Ferrocarril Nacional de México GATX Loco Group Kennecott Copper Corporation Lake State Railway Long Island Rail Road Louisville & Nashville Railroad Milwaukee Road Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Rockwell-Hanford Railroad Seaboard Coast Line Seaboard System Soo Line Southern Pacific Terminal Railway - Alabama State Docks Union Pacific Weyerhaeuser (Golden Triangle) Wisconsin Central
Main Duties	Switching & Freight
In Service Until	Present
Surviving Examples	Some in service