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what is it?
The GP15D is a four-axle B-B switcher locomotive built by MotivePower and Electro-Motive Diesel. It was supplied with a Caterpillar 3512 (called a 12-170B15-T2 by EMD) V12 prime mover which develops a total power output of 1,500 horsepower (1,120 kW). Ten units were manufactured by EMD during June 2000.
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 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
- 2000–2004
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- MotivePower, Electro-Motive Diesel, Wabtec
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323425, Wikipedia: EMD GP15D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.