EMD GT26 Series

what is it?

The EMD GT26 Locomotive Series made their debut in 1967 after the rise in popularity of the American EMD SD40. Designed to meet most First World, Second World and Third World countries, the GT26 Series were now equipped with a turbocharged high horsepower EMD 645 Series engine as well as six axle HT-C trucks to provide better traction effort at slow speeds. Based on customer input, the GT26 Series would be defined by various designations that suit the customer's railway operations.

who runs it

base stats

• weight 106 tin working order
• built 1,387made in total

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 59 years ago, in 1967.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1967–2017

number built

1,387

kind

Diesel–electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Electro-Motive Diesel

operators

Various

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Co′Co′

weight

106 t

nicknames

"Karavela" (Yugoslavia) "특대 :(The Great Giant)" (South Korea)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family