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EMD GP38AC

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EMD GP38AC
LLPX 2210
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
ModelGP38AC
Build dateFebruary 1970 - December 1971
Total produced261
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARB-B
 • UICBo'Bo'
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime moverEMD 16-645E
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
New England Central Railroad EMD GP 38 AC Unit #3857 at White River Junction, VT

Original buyers

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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 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.[7]
Pacific Power & Light Company
1
11 To Arizona Public Service - Pacificorp Cholla Power Plant
Southern Railway
56
2823–2878 To Norfolk Southern.[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
Totals 261

Preservation

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BNSF Railway EMD GP38AC No. 2127 at the Galveston Railroad Museum

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

References

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  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".