Model of 310 American 1500hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
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EMD GP15 (-1/T/AC)
Union Pacific Yard (UPY) 742, a GP15-1 idles in Union Pacific's Global 1 intermodal yard in Chicago, IL.
Type and origin
Power type
Diesel-electric
Builder
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model
GP15-1 GP15T GP15AC
Build date
June 1976 – March 1982 (-1) October 1982 – April 1983 (T) November & December 1982 (AC)
Total produced
310 (-1) 28 (T) 34 (AC)
Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR
B-B
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.
40 in (1,016 mm)
Minimum curve
120 ft (36.6 m)
Length:
• Over couplers
54 ft 11 in (16.74 m)
Width
10 ft 3+1⁄8 in (3.127 m) (over hand rail supports)
Height
15 ft 2+1⁄2 in (4.636 m)
Loco weight
246,000 lb (111,600 kg) (-1) 244,000 lb (110,677 kg) (T)
Fuel capacity
2,400 imp gal (11,000 L; 2,900 US gal)
Lubricant cap.
135 US gal (511 L; 112 imp gal)
Coolant cap.
210 US gal (795 L; 175 imp gal)
Sandbox cap.
56 cu ft (1.59 m3) (basic) 72 cu ft (2.04 m3) (special)
The EMD GP15 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1976 and April 1983. Intended to provide an alternative to the rebuilding programs that many railroads were applying to their early road switchers, it is generally employed as a yard switcher or light road switcher. There were 3 variants made: the GP15-1, the GP15T, and the GP15AC. The GP15-1 and GP15AC are powered by a 12-cylinder EMD 645E engine, which generates 1,500 hp (1,119 kW). The GP15T differs in that it uses a turbo charged 8-cylinder instead of the roots blown 12-cylinder to generate the same horsepower. The GP15AC differs from the others as it uses an AC alternator connected to the engine instead of a DC generator to drive the traction motors. The radiator section is similar to those found on the EMD SD40T-2 and EMD SD45T-2 "tunnel motors," leading some observers to incorrectly identify the units as such or as GP15Ts, and giving them the nickname "baby tunnel motors".[1] A number of GP15-1s remain in service today for yard work and light road duty.
^Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 30. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.
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its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). EMC participated in the construction of a number of motorized...
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fleet of GP9 units. Following the ending of EMD’sGP15-1 program, and the lowest horsepower locomotive in EMD’s catalogue had concluded the 3,000hp GP59...
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from parent Progressive Rail and includes one EMD SW1500, two EMDGP15-1s, an EMD SD38-2, and two new EMD SD40M-2s. units operating along the system. List...
consisted of fourteen EMDGP15-1 locomotives, two EMD SD40 locomotives, two EMD SD9 locomotives, two EMD SD9E locomotives, and one EMD SW1500 locomotive,...
Railway operated only one locomotive, an EMDGP15-1 numbered 1424, leased from LTEX. The company's remaining EMD SW1500, No. 1551, is leased to the International...
of the designation. Baby Boat A GE U18B locomotive Baby Tunnel Motor An EMDGP15-1 or GP15T locomotive, so-called because its low air intakes resemble those...
operations. Leased locomotive LLPX 2014 was out of service so the BCR leased an EMD GP11 numbered 2005 from the Delmarva Central Railroad to pull the last train...
paper products and handle navy equipment. One EMDGP15-1 One EMD GP7DE (rebuilt from an EMD GP7U) One EMD GP38-2 "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine...
crew members. It utilizes a tandem unit with an EMDGP15-1 locomotive owned by the port, and one EMD SW1500 locomotive leased from GATX. The railroad...
Northern Lines Railway NLR EMDGP15-1 #422 and #421 at Waite Park, 2021 Overview Headquarters St. Cloud, Minnesota Reporting mark NLR Locale Minnesota;...
make up their active roster. As of July 2021, the roster is made up of 1 GP15-1 (1536), 7 GP10-1s (1702, 1703, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1850, and 1852), 3 GP8s...
hours. The railroad also operates ex-CSX EMD GP16 diesels #1600, 1602, 1604 and 1606 as well as a pair of LTEX GP15-1s numbered 1414 and 1444. The 1502 and...
second half of 2005 to the summer of 2006, UP unveiled a new set of six EMD SD70ACe locomotives in "Heritage Colors", painted in schemes reminiscent...
line by Genesse & Wyoming in 2012, a pair of Larry's Truck Electric (LTEX) GP15-1 locomotives were used for day-to-day operations, while CSX locomotives...
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