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GMD GMDH-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1955· Canadian experimental diesel-hydraulic locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DH GMD 6031 VFRGS-RF Guido Mota: Imagem publicada na Revista Ferroviária. Cortesia: Alfredo Rodrigues· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. GMDH1 600 EFS: Imagem publicada na Revista Ferroviária. Cortesia: Alfredo Rodrigues· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The GMD GMDH-1 is an experimental diesel-hydraulic switcher locomotive built by the Canadian locomotive manufacturer General Motors Diesel. Four locomotives were built as demonstrations between December 1955 to October 1959. The GMDH-1 operated for several companies in Canada, the United States, Brazil, and Pakistan.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- 597 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 9.6 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1955–1959
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- General Motors
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 597 kW
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- length
- 9.6 m
- nicknames
- Blue Goose (GMDD 1001)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513756, Wikipedia: GMD GMDH-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.