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EMD GP60
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1985· model of 380 American 3800hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. UP 2036 EMD GP60 b: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. UP 1107: Cr4410· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BNSF 147 EMD GP60M: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. BNSF GP60 No. 200: James R. Griffin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NS 7122 GP60 + bottles (33535637423): Milwaukee beerNut· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The EMD GP60 is a model of 4-axle (B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1994. The GP60 was EMD's first engine that was classified as a "third-generation" locomotive. Hidden behind the electrical cabinet doors on the rear wall of the cab, the GP60 concealed a trio of microprocessors that monitored and managed a host of engine, cooling system and control functions.
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.
- 2.8 MW is about 33 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
- 1985–1994
- number built
- 380
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- EMD GP60, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, United States Department of Energy, Electro-Motive Diesel, Texas Mexican Railway, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Norfolk Southern Corporation
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 2.8 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 Q4037797, Wikipedia: EMD GP60 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.