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The EMD GP38 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and December 1971. The locomotive's prime mover was an EMD 645 16- cylinder engine that generated . The company built 706 GP38s for North American railroads. In 1972, EMD began making an updated model, the GP38-2, as part of its Dash-2 line.


Original orders


Rebuilds

A number of GP38s have been rebuilt into the equivalent of a GP38-2. Conversely, a number of higher horsepower ''40 Series'' locomotives have been rebuilt into the equivalent of a GP38-2 (GP38AC), by the removal of the turbocharger and the substitution of twin Roots blowers. In 2007, Norfolk Southern rebuilt #2911 which is an ex Penn Central GP38 into an experimental zero-emissions Battery-Electric locomotive known as the Altoona Works BP4. The new locomotive was renumbered as NS #999. It has since been sold to Rail Propulsions Systems, where it was upgraded for eventual use in the Los Angeles Basin region.


Preservation

* Conway Scenic Railroad 252, built as Maine Central (MEC) 252, is preserved and operates on excursions on the former MEC Notch Route. *Conway Scenic Railroad 255, built as Maine Central 255, was acquired in October 2021 and serves alongside 252. * Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway 80, is preserved in operational condition at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. * West Chester Railroad 7706, built as Penn Central 7706, is preserved and operates on tourist trains on the former PRR line. * Chessie System 3802, built as Baltimore & Ohio 3802, is preserved and operates at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. * Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 2000, is preserved on the Cape May Seashore Lines in Tuckahoe, New Jersey.


See also

* List of GM-EMD locomotives * List of GMD Locomotives


References

* * * Sarberenyi, Robert.
EMD GP38 and GP38AC Original Owners
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