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EMD GP38AC
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1970· class of 261 North American 2000hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BNSF 2116 EMD GP38AC: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. GP38AC LLPX 2210: The original uploader was JYolkowski at English Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Galveston Railroad Museum March 2022 23 (BNSF Railway EMD GP38AC No. 2127): Michael Barera· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EMD GP38AC is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1970 and December 1971. It was basically a GP38 with an AR10 alternator instead of the GP38's normal generator. 261 examples of this model were built; railroads that purchased this model include CP, DT&I, GTW, GM&O, IC, LV, L&N, N&W, SLSF, SOU and Pacific Power and Light.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1970–1971
- number built
- 261
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel, General Motors Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- 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 Q5323434, Wikipedia: EMD GP38AC (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.