Talk:EMD SD24

Union Pacific began turbocharging EMD GP9 and GP9B locomotives in late 1955. The SD24 was the first EMD locomotive that had an EMD turbocharger in an EMD locomotive. See Don Strack's Utah Rails homepage for more info. SSW9389 13:08, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

SD24 ROSTER* BY ORIGINAL OWNERS

Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe 80 units	#900-979

Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy 16 units	#500-515

General Motors-EMD 4 units	#5579 to UP #448, #7200-7202 to UP #445-447

Kennecott Copper  1 unit	#904

Southern          48 units	#2502-2524 SR, #6305-6325 CNO&TP, #6950-6953 NO&NE

Union Pacific	 75 units	#400-429, #400B-444B Booster SD24Bs


 * Source The GP20 and SD24 EMD's Turbocharged Duo by Diesel Era --SSW9389 22:53, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

The EMD SD24 Demonstrators #7200-7202 were painted in a Southern Pacific inspired gray and red paint scheme without lettering in the hopes of landing a sale with that railroad. --SSW9389 13:32, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Inaccuracy?
This uncited claim strikes me as unlikely...

"The SD24 had 400 hp (298 kW) per axle, limited by the traction motors then available."

The turbocharged GP counterpart with the same traction motors, the GP20, had 500 horsepower per axle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:A645:2100:5018:86A5:5436:EC88 (talk) 21:40, 14 December 2018 (UTC)