EMD GP39-2
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) |
| Model | GP39-2 |
| Build date | 1974 – 1984 |
| Total production | 249 |
| AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) |
| Length | 59 ft 2 in (18 m) |
| Prime mover | EMD 645E3 |
| Cylinders | 12 |
| Power output | 2,300 hp |
| Locale | United States |
An EMD GP39-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1984. 239 examples of this locomotive were built for American railroads. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP39-2 was an upgraded GP39. Power for this locomotive was provided by a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD 645E3 diesel engine, which could produce 2,300 horsepower.
Unlike the original GP39, which sold only 23 examples as railroads preferred the reliable un-turbocharged GP38, the GP39-2 was reasonably successful, ascribed to its better fuel economy relative to the GP38-2 which became of more interest in the energy-crisis 1970s, and to its better performance at altitude.[1]
[edit] Original Owners
The GP39-2 sold to five railroads and two industrial operators:[2]
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers |
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| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 106 | 3600-3705 |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | 40 | 2700-2739 |
| Delaware and Hudson Railway | 20 | 7601-7620 |
| Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation | 32 | 1-3,705-711,779-799,905 |
| Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad | 20 | 360-379 |
| PHDX | 1 | 33 |
| Reading Railroad | 20 | 3401-3420 |
[edit] References
- ^ Foster, Gerald (1996). A Field Guide to Trains of North America. Houghton Mifflin Field Guides. ISBN 0395701120.
- ^ EMD GP39-2 Order Numbers. The UNofficial EMD Homepage. Retrieved on December 8, 2006.
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| 4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD |
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| BL2, GP7, GP9, GP15-1, GP15AC, GP15T, GP18, GP20, GP20D, GP28, GP30, GP35, GP38, GP38AC, GP38-2, GP39, GP39DC, GP39X, GP39-2, GP40, GP40P, GP40P-2, GP40TC, GP40X, GP40-2, GP49, GP50, GP59, GP60 |
| (See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives) |
