8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RFFSA 4392-6L in Ferrovia Curitiba-Paranaguá: GT42CWR-MP· CC BY 3.0
- 2. TRA R124 at Taitung Station: Jason199567· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Korail Class 4200 Diesel Locomotive: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 2016-05-11 Iranian Railways EMD G22W Bo-Bo: blackthorne57· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Egypt ENR EMD G22W AC 02: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. EMD G22CW Diesel Locomotive: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. GM G22 4305 ALL: Daniel Trevisan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Nigerian Railway Corporation Locomotives 1137 and 1139: Mark Fischer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EMD G22 Locomotive Series made their debut in 1967 after the rise in popularity of the export EMD G12. Designed to meet most First World, Second World and Third World country requirements, the G22 Series was equipped with a Roots blown EMD 645 Series engine as well as four axle Flexicoil Type-B trucks which carried a low per-axle weight. Based on customer input, the G22 Series was defined by various designations that suited the customer's railway operations.
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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1967–1991
- number built
- 752
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- builders
- Various licencees from Electro-Motive Division
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 71 t
- nicknames
- "Pup” "الجرار الكندي:(The Canadian Locomotive)" (Egypt) "Španka (Spanish woman)" (Yugoslavia).
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323414, Wikipedia: EMD G22 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.