EMD GP38


The EMD GP38 is a 4-axle road switcher 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.

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, by the removal of the turbocharger and the substitution of twin Roots blowers.
In 2007, Norfolk Southern rebuilt a 1969 GP38 into an experimental electric locomotive dubbed the Altoona Works BP4.

Preservation