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EMD GM10B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1976· American electric testbed locomotive
what is it?
The GM10B was an electric testbed locomotive with a power output of 10,000 hp (7.46 MW) which was intended for use on high-speed freight services on the Northeast Corridor. Built by American locomotive builder Electro-Motive Division (EMD) at its La Grange, Illinois, plant in collaboration with ASEA of Sweden.
who runs it
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 50 years ago, in 1976.
- 7.5 MW is about 88 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 6 years (1976–1982).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1976
- in service from
- 1976
- retired
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Penn Central Transportation Company, Conrail
- top speed
- —
- power
- 7.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Switchable: 11 kV 25 Hz, , 25 kV 60 Hz, Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'Bo'
- length
- 22.3 m
- weight
- 179 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323419, Wikipedia: EMD GM10B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.