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EMD G8
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1954· model of 875 hp American export model of diesel locomotive
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VR-T413: Zzrbiker at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. New Zealand DB class locomotive: GPS 56 from New Zealand· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Korail Class 3000 Diesel Locomotive: G43· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. An EMD G8 Locomotive preserved at Tuntang Railway Station: JohanSpoorlijn· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EMD G8 50902 of Cuba (SIK 03-003876-Print): Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EMD G8 is a model of diesel–electric locomotive of which 382 were built between 1954 and 1965 for both export and domestic use. They were built by both Electro-Motive Division in the United States and by General Motors Diesel Division in Canada for use in ten countries, being equipped to operate on several different track gauges.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 652 kW is about 8 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
- 1954–1965
- number built
- 382
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel, Clyde Engineering
- top speed
- —
- power
- 652 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B/A1A-A1A (Indonesian version only)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5323418, Wikipedia: EMD G8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.