#4051
EMD GT18LC-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1970· Diesel electric locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GT18LC2: Mf7698· CC BY 3.0
- 2. KTM Class 25: Amy00· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The GM-EMD GT18LC-2 diesel electric locomotive was introduced by Electro-Motive Diesel as an export model switcher in the 1970s. The prototype model spent its life at the General Motors plant in London, Ontario, and inspired sales to Egypt (which then canceled their order) and later Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) in 1980 where it was designated KTM Class 25. KTM had been facing a shortage of shunters at that time.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 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
- 1970–2001
- number built
- 31
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- 107 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323444, Wikipedia: EMD GT18LC-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.