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EMD GP18
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1959· model of American 1800 hp diesel locomotive
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. East Penn Rail Road Locomotive, Pennsburg Montco PA: Montgomery County Planning Commission (Pennsylvania)· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. GM GP18 7012 FEPASA: Ricardo Frontera· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. GM GP18 7007 ALL: Henrique Aparecido Torres· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. LDRR GP18 and GP10: Amtrak Guy 124· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Toledo Peoria and Western 401, 600, and 100 (RS11, GP18, and F3A) Leonard, IL on July 22, 1962 (21829133963): railfan 44· Public domain
what is it?
The EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. Power was provided by a 16-567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,800 horsepower (1.34 MW). The GP18 replaced the GP9 in EMD's catalog.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- 1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1959–1963
- number built
- 405
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323428, Wikipedia: EMD GP18 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.