4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in), Chile
Prime mover
EMD 12-645F3B
Engine type
V12 diesel
Cylinders
12
Performance figures
Power output
2,800 hp (2.09 MW)
The EMD GP49 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. Power was provided by an EMD 645F3B 12-cylinder engine which generated 2,800 horsepower (2.09 MW). The GP49 was marketed as one of four models in the 50 series introduced in 1979. The 50 series includes GP/SD49 and GP/SD50. Both the GP and SD50 were relatively popular with a total of 278 GP50s and 427 SD50s built. The SD49 was advertised but never built and a total of nine GP49s were built.
Alaska Railroad was the sole customer that ordered the GP49. In two orders, the company first bought locomotives 2801–2804 in September 1983; locomotives 2805-2809 were subsequently built in May 1985. Six GP39Xs were built in November 1980 for the Southern Railway and upgraded to GP49s shortly thereafter.
The EMDGP49 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. Power was provided by an EMD 645F3B 12-cylinder engine which...
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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characteristic high short hood. They were updated by EMD at Norfolk Southern's (Southern's successor) request to EMDGP49 standards in 1982. Norfolk Southern retired...
2015. (subscription required) Wikimedia Commons has media related to EMD GP50 locomotives. Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39X, GP49, and GP50 Original Owners...
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