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EMD GP38-2
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1972· model of 2213 North American 2000hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BNSF 2273 Lincoln, NE 3-13-14: Augy8400· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. EMD GP38-2W CN 4769: Peter Van den Bossche (Flickr user LHOON· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Ex-Southern Rail Road 5076 Class GP38-2 Bo-Bo diesel-electric at Napa: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Santa Fe ATSF 2374 (GP38-2) (10569821715): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 5. Wisconsin Central 2003 GP38-2 Ex-AC: Hayden'sTrains816· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Algoma Central passing in Agawa Canyon: davidwilson1949 / David Wilson· CC BY 2.0
- 7. S IMG 1733: Rev40· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The EMD GP38-2 is an American four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP38-2 was an upgraded version of the earlier GP38. Power is provided by an EMD 645E 16-cylinder engine, which generates 2,000 horsepower (1.5 MW).
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 54 years ago, in 1972.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 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
- 1972–1986
- status
- in service
- number built
- 2,213
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 113 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2005016, Wikipedia: EMD GP38-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.