Copper Basin Railway #505 at Hayden, Arizona in 2010.
Type and origin
Power type
Diesel-electric
Builder
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model
GP39
Build date
June 1969 - July 1970
Total produced
23
Specifications
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover
EMD 645
Engine type
V12 diesel engine
Cylinders
12
Performance figures
Power output
2,300 hp (1.72 MW)
Career
Locale
United States
The EMD GP39 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1969 and July 1970. The GP39 was a derivative of the GP38 equipped with a turbocharged EMD 645E3 12-cylinder engine which generated 2,300 hp (1.72 MW).[1][2]
23 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads.[3]
Burlington Northern Railway later rebuilt GP30 and GP35 locomotives that it classified as GP39s, but they were not built as such by GM/EMD.
^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 GP39 Original Owners". Diesel Locomotive Rosters. Retrieved August 27, 2006.
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