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EMD GP50
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1980· model of 278 American 3500hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BN 3157 IL Eola: Photo by Sean Lamb Original uploader was Slambo at en.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Burlington Northern BN 3122 (GP50) (10582498895): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 3. Chicago & North Western CNW 5059 (GP50) (10570575516): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 4. Missouri Pacific MP 3528 (GP50) (10568775276): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 5. Santa Fe ATSF 3838 (GP50) (10582673124): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
what is it?
An EMD GP50 is a 4-axle diesel–electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). It is powered by a 16-cylinder EMD 645F3B diesel engine, which can produce between 3,500 and 3,600 hp (2,610 and 2,685 kW). 278 examples of this locomotive were built by EMD between 1980 and 1985.
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 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
- 1980–1985
- number built
- 278
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Southern Railway, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Burlington Northern Railroad, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, St. Louis–San Francisco Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 113 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q376985, Wikipedia: EMD GP50 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.