GP38
EMD GP38
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
| Builder |
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD) |
| Model | GP38 |
| Build date | January 1966 – December 1971 |
| Total produced | 706 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • AAR | B-B |
| • UIC | Bo'Bo' |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Fuel capacity | 2,600 US gal (9,800 l; 2,200 imp gal) |
| Prime mover | EMD 16-645 |
| Aspiration | Roots type supercharger |
| Cylinders | 16 |
| Performance figures | |
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| Power output | 2,000 hp (1.49 MW) |
| Career | |
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| Locale | North America |
The EMD GP38 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and December 1971. The locomotive's power was provided by an EMD 645 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,000 horsepower (1.49 MW).
The company built 706 GP38s for North American railroads.
In 1972, it was replaced by an updated model, the GP38-2.
A number of GP38s have been rebuilt into the equivalent of a GP38-2.
Conversely, a number of higher horsepower 40 Series locomotives have been rebuilt into the equivalent of a GP38-2 (GP38AC), by the removal of the turbocharger and the substitution of twin Roots blowers.
Norfolk Southern has rebuilt a 1969 GP38, the NS 999, into an experimental electric locomotive.
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