#4007
EMD G22C Series
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by Astarsa· from 1969· class of American export diesel locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA R171 at Sincheng Taroko Station 20080917: peace· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The EMD G22C Series were first introduced in 1968 to replace the popular G12 along with various improvements. They carry a low per axle weight on their Flexicoil Type-GC trucks and were now the first model series to have a low nose as a standard option as well. The G22 series now carries a U or W suffix after the model designation to indicate the type of traction motors.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 57 years ago, in 1969.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1969–2001
- number built
- 410
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- Astarsa, General Motors Diesel, Henschel & Sohn, Stadler Rail Valencia
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′–Co′
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 84 t
- nicknames
- "Pup”
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323413, Wikipedia: EMD G22C Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.