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GMD GMD1

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1958· model of Canadian light roadswitcher

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service

3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Cntrain7331: en:user:Myke2020· Public domain
2. CN GMD-1 1002 in Thorton Yard, Point Mann, BC on September 20, 1987 (22813608836): railfan 44· Public domain
3. CN GMD1 1047 at the CN engine facilities in Winnipeg, Manitoba in October 1971 (35670632071): Marty Bernard from U.S.A.· Public domain

what is it?

The GMD GMD1 is a diesel locomotive originally produced by General Motors Diesel (GMD), the Canadian subsidiary of General Motors Electro-Motive Division, between August 1958 and April 1960. This road switcher locomotive is powered by a 12-cylinder EMD 567C diesel engine, capable of producing 1,200 horsepower (890 kW). The GMD1 was built on either Flexicoil A1A-A1A (for light-rail prairie branchlines) or Flexicoil B-B trucks.

who runs it

Canadian National Railway Northern Alberta Railways

base stats

power 895 kWpower output
built 101made 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 68 years ago, in 1958.
895 kW is about 11 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: 1958–1960
status: in service
number built: 101
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇨🇦 Canada
builders: General Motors Diesel
operators: Canadian National Railway, Northern Alberta Railways
top speed: —
power: 895 kW
wheel arrangement: (A1A)(A1A); Bo′Bo′

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

Sources: Wikidata Q5513751, Wikipedia: GMD GMD1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.