EMD GP38AC

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EMD GP38AC
GP38AC LLPX 2210.jpg
LLPX 2210
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
ModelGP38AC
Build dateFebruary 1970 - December 1971
Total produced261
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Career
LocaleUnited States

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]

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.

BNSF 2116 EMD GP38AC

Original Buyers[]

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
CP Rail
21
 3000-3020
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
14
 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
 5800-5811
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
13
 721-733 To Illinois Central Gulf Railroad 9540-9552
Illinois Central Railroad
20
 9500-9519
Lehigh Valley Railroad[4]
4
 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
 4020-4049 To Seaboard System Railroad 6241-6270 then to CSX[6]
Norfolk and Western Railway
60
 4100-4159 To Norfolk Southern. Most Scrapped.[7]
Pacific Power & Light Company
1
 11
Southern Railway
56
 2823–2878 To Norfolk Southern. Most scrapped.[8]
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
30
 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

Preservation[]

In June 2020 BNSF 2127, originally Frisco 650 built in February 1971, was donated to the Galveston Railroad Museum, in Galveston, Texas. [9]

References[]

  1. ^ "EMD "GP38" Locomotives: Data, History, Photos & More". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ Bachand, Jean-Denis. "EMD GP38 Data Sheet". www.thedieselshop.us. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ "EMD GP38, GP38AC Order Numbers". www.trainweb.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ "EMD GP38AC". Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ^ "EMD GP38AC on The CRHS's Conrail Photo Archive". conrailphotos.thecrhs.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "CSX - CSX Railroad Locomotive Roster - Railroad Picture Archives.NET". www.rrpicturearchives.net. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "NWHS Archives Documents". www.nwhs.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Southern Railway EMD GP38AC Locomotives". southern.railfan.net. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  9. ^ "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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