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EMD GP49
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1983· Model of 9 Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Alaska GP49s at Seattle SODO (CC): KurtClark from Bellevue WA, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Tri-Rail EMD GP49 engine 813 in Hialeah Railyard: https://www.flickr.com/people/clearlightpr/· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The EMD GP49 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. Power was provided by an EMD 645F3B 12-cylinder engine which generated 2,800 horsepower (2.09 MW). The GP49 was marketed as one of four models in the 50 series introduced in 1979.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 2.1 MW is about 25 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
- 1983–1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Alaska Railroad Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.1 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 Q5323440, Wikipedia: EMD GP49 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.