EMD GL8

EMD GL8
An ALL EMD GL8
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD) Model GL8 Build date 1960–1965 Total produced B-B version: 137 A1A-A1A version: 12
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B or A1A-A1A Prime mover EMD 567 Cylinders 8
Performance figures Power output 875 hp (652 kW)

The EMD GL8 were export locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in the early 1960s.

They have been designed as light locomotives with a low axle loading. They are equipped an EMD 8-567 engine producing 875 hp (650 kW) for traction, driving four traction motors in either A1A-A1A or EMDs B-B flexicoil trucks. The EMD GA8 is a derivative designed for low axle loading and sharp curves.

Original owners

B-B version

• 69 Brazil
  • 8 Rede Mineira de Viação 2851–2858
  • 23 CMEF Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro 51–73
  • 5 Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil 1001–1005
  • 18 Rede de Viação Paraná-Santa Catarina 1401–1418
  • 15 Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana 3601–3615
• 15 Republic of Ireland
  • 15 Córas Iompair Éireann CIE 121 Class B121–B135
• 41 Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
  • 41 East Bengal Railways 2201–2241
• 12 Tunisia
  • 12 Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Tunisiens 040DF351–040DF362

A1A-A1A version

Taiwan Railway Administration S210

• 12 Taiwan
  • 12 Taiwan Railway Administration S201–S212 (S201-S207 are the first GL8 locomotives)

References

The UNofficial EMD Homepage GL8 orders page

See also

• List of GM-EMD locomotives
• List of GMD Locomotives