EMD GP39DC

EMD GP39DC
CBRY #402 underway.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division Model GP39DC Build date June 1970 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Prime mover (?) Engine type V12 diesel engine Cylinders 12
Performance figures Power output 2,300 hp (1,720 kW)
Career Operators Kennecott Copper Company Locale Utah

An EMD GP39DC is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1970. Power was provided by a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD engine that generated | poweroutput=2,300 hp (1,720 kW). This locomotive model was basically a GP39 with DC main generator instead of an alternator.

2 examples of this locomotive model were built for Kennecott Copper Company as 1 and 2, later sold to Copper Basin Railway as 401 and 402.

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.
• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

External links

Media related to EMD GP39DC locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39 Original Owners