LocomotiveVerified on build 25754343 
EMD AEM-7
Novel technology, known as thyristor control, was implemented for the traction motors, ensuring that maximum power was available without wheel slip.
What it costs and how it compares
Running costs
$2,665,238
per year
Speed rank in 1978
#3 of 13
by top speed, among those on sale that year
Price and running costs are what the game's own vehicle loader computes. Work out what it earns on a line.
Power: #2 of 12
- ALCO 4-8-8-4 Big Boy4,560 kW 130 km/h
- EMD AEM-74,320 kW 200 km/h
- Austrian Class 10423,300 kW 140 km/h
- EMD SD40-23,000 kW 105 km/h
- German Class E 943,000 kW 90 km/h
- Pennsylvanian Class GG13,000 kW 160 km/h
- Swiss Re 4/4 I1,850 kW 125 km/h
- Chinese Class DF51,200 kW 80 km/h
- Chinese Class RM1,040 kW 110 km/h
Locomotives on sale in 1978, most powerful first, with top speed.Overview
- Type
- Locomotive
- Available
- 1978–2015
- Top speed (km/h)
- 200
- Power (kW)
- 4320
- Tractive effort (kN)
- 133
- Empty weight (t)
- 133
- Price
- 15991428
- Running costs per year
- 2665238
- Lifespan (years)
- 110
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