EMD GP39-2

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EMD GP39-2

BNSF 2866 at Commerce, CA, December 6, 2006.
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	GP39-2
Build date	1974 – 1984
Total production	239
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Length	59 ft 2 in (18 m)
Prime mover	EMD 645E3
Cylinders	12
Power output	2,300 hp
Locale	United States

An EMD GP39-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1984. 239 examples of this locomotive were built for American railroads. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP39-2 was an upgraded GP39. Power for this locomotive was provided by a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD 645E3 diesel engine, which could produce 2,300 horsepower.

Unlike the original GP39, which sold only 23 examples as railroads preferred the reliable un-turbocharged GP38, the GP39-2 was reasonably successful, ascribed to its better fuel economy relative to the GP38-2 which became of more interest in the energy-crisis 1970s, and to its better performance at altitude.^[1]

[edit] Original Owners

The GP39-2 sold to five railroads and two industrial operators:^[2]

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	106	3600-3705
Burlington Northern Railroad	40	2700-2739
Delaware and Hudson Railway	20	7601-7620
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation	32	1-3,705-711,779-799,905
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	20	360-379
Phelps Dodge Corporation	1	33
Reading Railroad	20	3401-3420

[edit] References

v • d • e 4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD BL1, BL2, GP7, GP7B, GP9, GP9B, GP15-1, GP15AC, GP15T, GP18, GP20, GP20D, GP28, GP30, GP30B, GP35, GP38/38-2L/38-2W, GP38AC, GP38-2, GP38-H3, GP39, GP39DC, GP39X, GP39-2, GP40, GP40P, GP40P-2, GP40TC, GP40X, GP40-2, GP49, GP50, GP59, GP60, GP60B, GP60M (See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives)