EMD GP38AC

EMD GP38AC

LLPX 2210

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model GP38AC Build date February 1970 - December 1971 Total produced 261

Specifications AAR wheel arr B-B Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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An EMD GP38AC is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1970 and December 1971. It was basically a GP38 with an AR10 alternator instead of the GP38's normal generator.

261 examples of this model were built; railroads that purchased this model include CP, DT&I, GTW, GM&O, IC, LV, L&N, N&W, SLSF, SOU and Pacific Power and Light.

Many were upgraded to full GP38-2 status with the Dash 2 modular electrical cabinet.

Original Buyers

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
CP Rail	21	3000-3020
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad	14	210-217	215 renumbered 209, 216 renumbered 208, 217 renumbered 207; to Grand Trunk Western Railroad 3207-6214
		215-220	To Grand Trunk Western Railroad 6215-6220
Grand Trunk Western Railroad	12	5800-5811
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad	13	721-733	To Illinois Central Gulf Railroad 9540-9552
Illinois Central Railroad	20	9500-9519
Lehigh Valley Railroad	4	310-313	To Conrail 7656-7659
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	30	4020-4049	To Seaboard System Railroad 6241-6270
Norfolk and Western Railway	60	4100-4159	To Norfolk Southern. All have either been retired, scrapped, or rebuilt.
Pacific Power & Light Company	1	11
Southern Railway	56	2823–2878	To Norfolk Southern. All but 3 have either been retired, scrapped, or rebuilt.
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway	30	633-662	651 wrecked, remaining to Burlington Northern Railroad 2110-2138

References

• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP38 and GP38AC Original Owners