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EMD GP35

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1963· model of 2500 hp American diesel locomotive

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. BNSF 2577 EMD GP35: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. 2. BNSF 2500 EMD GP35: terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. Georgia Midland Railroad GP35 1320 05-14-04 178: Civilengtiger· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. N de M GP35 8225 idling at edge od San Luis Potosi, S.L.P., Mexico passenger ststion. Takewn from Train 2, the Aguila Azteca as it backed into the station on September 7, 1966: Marty Bernard· Public domain
  5. 5. PRR 2269 (GP35) in Logansport, IN Yards, November 25, 1966 (22499953216): railfan 44· Public domain
  6. 6. SOO GP35 722 at Marshfield, WI in December 1964 (34339663072): Roger Puta· Public domain
  7. 7. Toledo, Peoria and Western GP30 700 and GP35 902 in Logansport, IN on November 25, 1966 (25219486324): railfan 44· Public domain
  8. 8. CIC 112 - 43373177051: NOYB #1· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. Kitchener Station locomotives 2014: JustSomePics· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. RailAmerica Southern Ontario Railway SOR RLK 2211 EMD GP35M at London ON 2011-05-28: SoftwareSimian· CC BY-SA 3.0
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EMD GP35, photo 1 of 10
1/10 terry cantrell· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

The EMD GP35 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1963 and December 1965 and by General Motors Diesel between May 1964 and January 1966. 1251 examples were built for American railroads, 26 were built for Canadian railroads and 57 were built for Mexican railroads. Power was provided by a turbocharged EMD 567D3A 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,500 horsepower (1,860 kW).

base stats

  • speed 105 km/htop speed
  • power 1.9 MWpower output
  • weight 118 tin working order
  • built 1,134made 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 63 years ago, in 1963.
  • 1.9 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 20 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
1963–1966
number built
1,134
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇦 Canada
builders
General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel
top speed
105 km/h
power
1.9 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo'Bo'
length
17.1 m
weight
118 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2068887, Wikipedia: EMD GP35 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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