EMD GP50

EMD GP50
A BN train westbound through Eola, Illinois, led by a GP50
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	GP50
Build date	1980 – 1985
Total produced	278
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Length	59 ft 2 in (18 m
Prime mover	EMD 16-645F3B
Cylinders	16
Power output	3,500 – 3,600 hp

An EMD GP50 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). It is powered by a 16-cylinder EMD 645F3B diesel engine, which can produce between 3,500 and 3,600 horsepower. 278 examples of this locomotive were built by EMD between 1980 and 1985. A version of this locomotive called the GP50L was produced with an extended cab. The GP50 rides on the same frame as the EMD GP38, EMD GP38-2, EMD GP39, EMD GP39-2, EMD GP40 and EMD GP40-2, giving it an overall length of 59 feet 2 inches.

Original Owners

The Norfolk Southern 7069 approaches a train crossing in Charlotte, NC.

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	45	3810-3854	All now in service with BNSF Railway
Burlington Northern Railroad	63	3100-3162	Most now in service with BNSF Railway
Chicago and North Western Railway	50	5050-5099	All now in service with Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad	30	3500-3529
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway	9	790-799	All went to service with BN. All units were delivered shortly after the merger. #3100 (SLSF #791) was delivered in Orange and White, but with the BN numbers in Orange with no BN lettering. The rest 3101-3109 (SLSF #790 and #792-799) were delivered in BN paint.
Southern Railway	90	7003-7092	High hood units,some still in service with Norfolk Southern

External links

External images
	RailPictures.Net – EMD GP50 photographs from RailPictures.Net.
	Railroad Picture Archives – Photographs of the EMD GP50 at Railroad Picture Archives.

• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39X, GP49, and GP50 Original Owners