EMD GP38

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EMD GP38
EMD GP38
Type and origin 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 Configuration: ​  • 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 Power output 2,000 hp (1.49 MW)
Career Locale North America

The EMD GP38 is a 4-axle road switcher 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.

Rebuilds

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, the Altoona Works BP4.

See also

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

References

• Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.
• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP38 and GP38AC Original Owners
• Norfolk Southern 2014 Sustainability Report [1]

External links

Media related to EMD GP38 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons