EMD GP18
An EMD GP18 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. Power was provided by an EMD 567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,800 horsepower (1.34 MW). The GP18 replaced the GP9 in EMD's catalog.
350 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads, 40 units were built for Mexican railroads, 12 were built for Brazilian railroads, two units were exported to Peru and one unit was exported to Saudi Arabia.
Original buyers
Railroad |
Quantity |
Road numbers |
Notes |
Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad |
1
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300
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
1
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6599
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GP18M 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW) |
Boston and Maine Railroad |
6
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1750–1755
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Central of Georgia Railway |
8
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171–178
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Chicago and North Western Railway |
6
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1774–1779
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Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
11
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4700–4707, 4950–4952
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Illinois Central Railroad |
29
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9400–9428
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Lehigh Valley Railroad |
4
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302–305
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
5
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460–464
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Missouri Pacific Railroad |
146
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4801–4829, 400–499, 534–550
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New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway |
3
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1800, 1802, 1804
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sold in 2010 to East Penn RR (ESPN) |
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) |
10
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700–709
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to Norfolk and Western 2700–2709 |
Norfolk and Western Railway |
48
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915–962
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Norfolk Southern Railway |
17
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1–17
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Northern Pacific Railway |
9
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376–384
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Phelps Dodge Corporation (New Cornelia Mine) |
3
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44–46
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
25
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1256, 1238–1239, 1329, 1333–1353
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1238-1239, 1256 are 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW) GP18M, 1329 is 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW) GP18M |
Seaboard Air Line Railroad |
10
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400–409
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Became Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967 after a merger with arch rival Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. |
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway |
1
|
801
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Texas and Pacific Railway |
5
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1145–1149
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Texas Mexican Railway |
2
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854–855
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Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway |
1
|
600
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National Railways of Mexico |
37
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7500-7536 |
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Ministry of Communication and Transportation (Mexico) |
3
|
7123-7125 |
Araraquara Railway(Brazil) |
12
|
1006-1017 |
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge |
Saudi Government Railway |
1
|
1200 |
GP18M 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW) |
South Peru Copper |
2
|
24-25 |
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Total |
405 |
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References
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD
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