#4587
EMD GP59
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1985· model of 36 Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Southern GP59 4610: YamahaFreak at en.wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The EMD GP59 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive model built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1989. Power was provided by a 12-cylinder EMD 710G3A diesel engine, which could produce 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW). This locomotive shared the same common frame with the EMD GP60, giving it an overall length of 59 feet 9 inches (18.21 m).
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 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
- 1985–1989
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Electro-Motive Diesel, Norfolk Southern Corporation
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323442, Wikipedia: EMD GP59 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.