NationMaster - Encyclopedia: EMD GP40

An EMD GP40 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. Power was provided by an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine which generated 3000 horsepower (2.2 MW). DME GP40 4006, City of Balaton. ... The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E, AAR reporting mark DME) is a Class 2 railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. ... Long Hood Forward (LHF) is a practice of Norfolk Southerns predecessor Southern Railway. ... Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The AAR wheel arrangement system is a method of classifying locomotive (or unit) wheel arrangements that was developed by the Association of American Railroads. ... Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a meter. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... For the philosophical/theological concept of a prime mover (that is, a self-existent being that is the ultimate cause or mover of all things), see cosmological argument. ... The EMD 645 is a line of diesel engines built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. ... A piston and cylinder from a steam engine A cylinder in an internal combustion engine is the space within which a piston travels. ... SHP redirects here. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ... Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The EMD 645 is a line of diesel engines built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. ... A piston and cylinder from a steam engine A cylinder in an internal combustion engine is the space within which a piston travels. ... SHP redirects here. ...

1201 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 24 were built for Canadian railroads and 18 were built for Mexican railroads.

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Categories: EMD locomotives | B-B locomotives | Diesel locomotive stubs Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. ... Janesville & Southeastern #52, a BL2, on display at the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI in 2004. ... Illinois Terminal Railroad 1605, preserved in operational condition at the Illinois Railway Museum. ... A Canadian National Railway GP9 leads a train up Yellowhead Pass. ... An EMD GP15-1 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1976 and March 1982. ... An EMD GP15AC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November and December 1982. ... An EMD GP15T is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between October 1982 and April 1983. ... An EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. ... ATSF 3055, a GP20, awaits it next assignment in the San Bernardino, California, yard in December, 1987. ... The GP20D is a four-axle B-B switcher built by MotivePower Industries and General Motors Electro-Motive Division. ... An EMD GP28 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between March 1964 and November 1965. ... WC 715, a GP30 on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI The EMD GP30 was a 2,250 hp (1,680 kW) four-axle B-B diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division of La Grange, Illinois between November 1963 and January 1966. ... A Santa Fe Railroad GP35 painted in the short-lived SPSF livery. ... CC 2008, a GP38, leads a westbound train through northern Illinois in 1993. ... An EMD GP38AC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division beginning in 1971. ... LLPX 2235 leads a train in Anaheim, California, in early 2005. ... An EMD GP39 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1969 and 1970. ... An EMD GP39DC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1970. ... An EMD GP39-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1984. ... EMDs popular GP40 diesel locomotive, in its normal configuration, was primarily used in freight service. ... EMDs popular GP40 diesel locomotive, in its normal configuration, was primarily used in freight service. ... EMDs popular GP40 diesel locomotive, in its normal configuration, was primarily used in freight service. ... An EMD GP40X is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1977 and 1978. ... An HO scale (1:87) model of a GP40-2, painted as Chessie System GM50. ... A BN train westbound through Eola, Illinois, led by a GP50. ... SOU 4610, owned by Norfolk Southern. ... SSW (SP-owned) 9673, a GP60, leads an eastbound train through Caliente, California, in the late 1980s. ... A print advertisement for General Motors locomotives from the October 6, 1941 issue of Life Magazine. ...

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