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EMD GP40-2

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1972· class of 1143 North American 3000hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. CSXT6023-6019: Harvey Henkelmann· Attribution
  2. 2. UP 1535 Leads NB Switcher Iowa Falls, IA 6-28-18 (cropped): Tyler Silvest· CC BY 2.0
  3. 3. Guilford-GP40-2LW: 4300streetcar· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Clarendon and Pittsford Railroad - 306 (GP40-2 diesel locomotive) (Proctor, Vermont, USA): James St. John· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. IANR GP40-2 No. 4101 in Waterloo, Iowa - February 2024: David Wilson· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. Western Pacific WP 3556 (GP40-2) (10568885285): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
  7. 7. 21.05.25 Summit, NJ 4302 and 4616 (54570754308): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. HCRY 1: P199· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. MBTA 1071 and Guilford at Bleachery Junction, May 2008: uzi978 from High Point, NC, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. OVR GP40-2LW 3029 KR 2014-05-20: KReiss· CC BY-SA 3.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
EMD GP40-2, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Harvey Henkelmann· Attribution

what is it?

The EMD GP40-2 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as part of its Dash 2 line between April 1972 and December 1986. The locomotive's power is provided by an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine which generates 3,000 horsepower (2.24 MW).

base stats

  • speed 105 km/htop speed
  • power 2.2 MWpower output
  • weight 113 tin working order
  • built 1,143made 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 54 years ago, in 1972.
  • 2.2 MW is about 26 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
number built
1,143
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇦 Canada
builders
General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Diesel
top speed
105 km/h
power
2.2 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 Q5323439, Wikipedia: EMD GP40-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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