EMD GP30

what is it?

The EMD GP30 is a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between July 1961 and November 1963. A total of 948 units were built for railroads in the United States and Canada (2 only), including 40 cabless B units for the Union Pacific Railroad. It was the first so-called "second generation" EMD diesel locomotive, and was produced in response to increased competition by a new entrant, General Electric's U25B, which was released in 1959.

base stats

• power 1.7 MWpower output
• weight 111 tin working order
• built 908made 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 65 years ago, in 1961.
• 🚗1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17.1 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

1961–1963

number built

908

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

General Motors, General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel

top speed

—

power

1.7 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

length

17.1 m

weight

111 t

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