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EMD GP39-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1974· model of 239 American 2300hp diesel-electric locomotive
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EMD GP39-2 CSX: Joedamadman· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BNSF 2866 EMD GP39-2: Matthew J. Brown ( User:Morven )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. BNSF 2958 EMD GP39-2 Stockton: Nate Beal· CC BY 2.0
- 4. EMD GP39-2 NEGS 2370 Ex UP 2370: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 2.5
- 5. Santa Fe ATSF 3669 (GP39-2) (10582660886): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 6. Santa Fe ATSF 3669 (GP39-2) (10582686654): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
what is it?
The EMD GP39-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1984. 239 examples of this locomotive were built for American railroads. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP39-2 was an upgraded GP39.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1974–1984
- status
- in service
- number built
- 239
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Burlington Northern Railroad, Reading Company, Kennecott Utah Copper, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, Phelps Dodge
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323435, Wikipedia: EMD GP39-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.