A couple of notes about the SD24 in general: the semi-circular bulge in the hood behind the cab is often referred to as the turbocharger bulge; in fact the bulge accommodated the traction motor and generator blowers. The SD24 was the only EMD product equipped with D-47 traction motors which did not work in its favor when it came to stocking replacement parts. And, the SD24 was EMD's fist foray into the turbocharger arena, and like most first efforts, it was not without problems.

A note from Ken Lanovich: EMD 462 was scrapped at Midwest Metalics (Pielet Bros) in 1998. They held it for some time, offers were made to buy it, but no group ever came up with the cash. The last offer was to buy the cab for a restaurant in downtown Chicago but that fell through. I remember pieces of it went to Larry's T.E. when the property was being cleaned up. Anybody need an F unit pilot? The 462's pilot and a brand new one from EMD went to LTEX when Midwest shut down.