An EMD GP38AC is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1970 and December 1971. It was basically a GP38 with an AR10 alternator instead of the GP38's normal generator.[1][2]
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261 examples of this model were built; railroads that purchased this model include CP, DT&I, GTW, GM&O, IC, LV, L&N, N&W, SLSF, SOU and Pacific Power and Light.[3]
Many were upgraded to full GP38-2 status with the Dash 2 modular electrical cabinet.
Original buyers
edit| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CP Rail | 21
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3000-3020 | |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | 14
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210-217 | 215 renumbered 209, 216 renumbered 208, 217 renumbered 207; to Grand Trunk Western Railroad 6207-6214 |
| 215-220 | To Grand Trunk Western Railroad 6215-6220 | ||
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad | 12
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5800-5811 | |
| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | 13
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721-733 | To Illinois Central 9540-9552 |
| Illinois Central Railroad | 20
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9500-9519 | |
| Lehigh Valley Railroad[4] | 4
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310-313 | To Conrail 7656-7659,[5] and then to Norfolk Southern 2881-2884, Rebuilt into remote control yard slugs in 2007 |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 30
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4020-4049 | To Seaboard System Railroad 6241-6270 then to CSX[6] |
| Norfolk and Western Railway | 60
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4100-4159 | To Norfolk Southern.[7] |
| Pacific Power & Light Company | 1
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11 | To Arizona Public Service - Pacificorp Cholla Power Plant |
| Southern Railway | 56
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2823–2878 | To Norfolk Southern.[8] |
| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | 30
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633-662 | 651 wrecked, remaining to Burlington Northern Railroad 2110-2138 and later to BNSF. Some of them were rebuilt as GP38-3R or GP39-3 |
| Totals | 261 |
Preservation
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In June 2020, BNSF 2127, originally Frisco 650 built in February 1971, was donated to the Galveston Railroad Museum, in Galveston, Texas. [9]
References
edit- ^ "EMD "GP38" Locomotives: Data, History, Photos & More". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Bachand, Jean-Denis. "EMD GP38 Data Sheet". www.thedieselshop.us. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "EMD GP38, GP38AC Order Numbers". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "EMD GP38AC". Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "EMD GP38AC on The CRHS's Conrail Photo Archive". conrailphotos.thecrhs.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "CSX - CSX Railroad Locomotive Roster - Railroad Picture Archives.NET". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "NWHS Archives Documents". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Southern Railway EMD GP38AC Locomotives". southern.railfan.net. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Log in".
- Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
- Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP38 and GP38AC Original Owners
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