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EMD GM6W Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder EMD Model GM6W Build date 1960 Total produced unknown
Performance figures Power output 600 hp (0.45 MW)
Career Locale Lebanon, South Africa
The EMD GM6W diesel-electric locomotive was introduced by Electro-Motive Diesel as an export model switcher in 1960.
The prototype unit spent its entire life at the General Motors LaGrange, Illinois , plant. It wound up life at the Pielet Brothers Scrap yard next to EMD's plant and was eventually scrapped.[ 1]
It inspired limited sales. Four went to the Chemin de Fer de l'Etat Libanais in Lebanon [ 2] One known unit, built January 1961, was bought by the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine at Stilfontein in North West Province , South Africa .[ 3]
Locomotives built by
GM-EMD (EMD)
Switchers Four axle road switchers Six axle road switchers Eight axle road switchers Cab units (E- & F-units ) Cowl units Electrics Industrial, military, export and narrow gauge Streamliners Experimentals and rebuilds