| EMD GP38-2 | |
|---|---|
| South Shore Line GP38-2s idle near the Michigan City shops. | |
| Power type | Diesel-electric |
| Builder | GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD) |
| Model | GP38-2 |
| Build date | January 1972 – July 1986 |
| Total produced | 2,215 |
| AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Length | 59 ft 2 in (18.03 m) |
| Prime mover | EMD 16-645 |
| Engine type | Two-stroke diesel |
| Aspiration | Roots type supercharger |
| Cylinders | V16 |
| Transmission | AC alternator, DC traction motors |
| Power output | 2,000 hp (1.49 MW) |
| Tractive effort | 61,000 lbf (271.34 kN) |
| Locomotive brakes | Straight air, dynamic braking |
| Locale | North America Saudi Arabia |
An EMD GP38-2 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP38-2 was an upgraded version of the earlier GP38. Power was provided by an EMD 645E 16-cylinder engine, which generated 2000 horsepower (1.5 MW).[1]
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The GP38-2 differs externally from the earlier GP38 only in minor details. Its most distinctive identifying feature is the cooling water level sight glass on the right side of the long hood. The battery box covers of the Dash 2s are bolted down instead of hinged. It can be distinguished from the contemporary GP39-2 and GP40-2 in that its Roots blown engine had two exhaust stacks, one each side of the dynamic brake fan if fitted, while the turbocharged GP39-2 and GP40-2 has a single stack. The GP39-2 has two radiator fans on the rear of the long hood like the GP38-2, however the GP40-2 has three. It was also available with either a high short hood, common on Norfolk Southern units, or a low short hood, which is found on most other railroads.
The GP38-2W is a Canadian variant of the GP38-2. It is easily distinguished by its wide-nose Canadian comfort cab. 51 of these locomotives were produced for Canadian National Railway during 1973–1974.
There are snow-shields above the inertial-filter central air intakes behind the cab; the electrical boxes and equipment blower behind the cab also differ in detail from a standard GP38-2. They are otherwise identical.[2]
1,801 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads and industrial concerns, 257 for Canadian railroads and industrial, 156 for Mexican railroads and industrial and one unit for the Saudi Government Railroad. A total of 29 of the GP38-2s were built with high short hoods containing steam generators for use on Mexican railroads.[3]
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altos Hornos |
|
141, 145, 157-158, 167-168 | |
| Angelina and Neches River Railroad |
|
2000 | |
| ARMCO Steel |
|
B84 | |
| Atlanta and West Point Rail Road |
|
6007–6008 | Family Lines Paint, to Seaboard System |
| Atlanta and Saint Andrews Bay Railroad |
|
508–510 | |
| Belt Railway of Chicago |
|
490–495 | |
| Boston and Maine Railroad |
|
201–212 | 212 was renumbered 200 as a Bicentennial unit |
| Burlington Northern Railroad |
|
2078–2109, 2150–2154 | 2150-2154 are Fort Worth and Denver. Most passed on to BNSF. |
| Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway |
|
108–109 | |
| Chicago and North Western Railway |
|
4600–4634 | ordered by Rock Island to Union Pacific |
| Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
|
2000–2009 | |
| Chihuahua Pacific |
|
900-911 | |
| Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company |
|
100–108 | |
| Clinchfield |
|
6000-6006, 6045 | Family Lines Paint, to Seaboard System |
| Colorado and Wyoming Railway |
|
2001–2002 | |
| Conrail |
|
8163–8281 | all units were renumbered when sold to CSX and Norfolk Southern. |
| Curtis, Milburn and Eastern |
|
817–819, 810 | |
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad |
|
221–228 | 228 was renumbered 1776 for the Bicentennial. Renumbered to GTW 6221-6228 in 1984/85. |
| Durham and Southern Railway |
|
2000–2003 | to Seaboard Coast Line 556-559 |
| Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway |
|
700–704 | |
| Georgia Railroad |
|
6009–6010 | Family Lines Paint, to Seaboard System |
| Florida East Coast Railroad |
|
501–511 | |
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad |
|
5812–5836 | |
| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad |
|
740–754 | to Illinois Central Gulf |
| Illinois Central Gulf Railroad |
|
9600–9639 | |
| Illinois Terminal Railroad |
|
2001–2004 | |
| Kansas City Southern Railway |
|
4000–4011 | |
| Lehigh Valley Railroad |
|
314–325 | to the Delaware & Hudson Railway upon creation of Conrail as 7314-7325, briefly renumbered to 220-231 during the Guilford ownership of the D&H, upon emergence from Guilford renumbered to 7303-7312. |
| Long Island Rail Road |
|
250–277 | 261, 268, 270-271 to New York and Atlantic Railway Delivered in LIRR Bicentennial Scheme |
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
|
4050–4144, 6011-6044 | to Seaboard System, 6011-6044 Family Lines Paint |
| Milwaukee Road |
|
350–365 | to Soo Line |
| Mississippi Export Railroad |
|
65–66 | |
| Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad |
|
304–321 | To Union Pacific |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad |
|
858–959, 2111–2237, 2290–2334 | To Union Pacific |
| Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México |
|
9200-9299, 9400-9414, 9901-9909 | |
| Penn Central |
|
7940–8162 | to Conrail same #'s |
| Phelps Dodge Corporation |
|
1–4, 9, 55, 56, 58 | |
| Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad |
|
2051–2056 | |
| Providence and Worcester Railroad |
|
2006–2009 | |
| Public Service of Indiana |
|
WG1-WG2 | Lettered for AMAX Coal |
| Rock Island |
|
4300–4355, 4368-4379 | to GTW, MP and P&LE upon bankruptcy of Rock Island |
| San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company |
|
16–17 | |
| Saudi Government Railway |
|
2000 | |
| Seaboard Coast Line Railroad |
|
500–555, 6046-6065 | to Seaboard System, 6046-6059 Family Lines paint |
| Soo Line Railroad |
|
790–799, 4410–4452 | 790–799 renumbered 4400–4409 |
| South East Coal Company |
|
3821–3823 | |
| Southern Railway |
|
5000–5256 | High short hood; to Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Southern Pacific Railroad |
|
4800–4844 | |
| St. Louis-San Francisco Railway |
|
400–478, 663–699 | to Burlington Northern |
| Texas Mexican Railway |
|
861–867 | 867 is the last EMD GP38-2 built in 5/85. |
| Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway |
|
2001–2011 | all went to ATSF then split off some went to BNSF after merger and others went to KCS |
| Union Pacific Railroad |
|
2000–2059 | |
| United Southeast Railways |
|
514-521, 528-533 | |
| Vermont Railway |
|
201–202 | |
| Western Railway of Alabama |
|
6045-6046 | to Seaboard System; Family Lines Paint; 6045 nee CRR & SCL, 6046 nee SCL |
| Locomotives built by GMD, London, Ontario | |||
| Algoma Central |
|
200-205 | |
| Canadian National Railway |
|
5500–5559 | 23 renumbered to the 200 series when converted to hump mothers in 1978, these plus one additional renumbered to 7500-7526 (not all #'s used) in 1985. Three more, 7528/30/32 renumbered in 1990. The balance of these units became 4700-4732 in 1988. |
| Canadian National Railway |
|
5560–5610 | GP38-2W, renumbered 4760-4810 in 1988. |
| Canadian Pacific Railway |
|
3021–3135 | The 3086-3135 were the very last GP38-2 order built by GMD from 3-7/86 |
| Devco Railway |
|
216–228 | |
| Ontario Northland Railway |
|
1800–1809 | |
| Texas Gulf Sulphur Company |
|
054–055 | |
The GP38-2 is a player-drivable locomotive in Microsoft Train Simulator. Parts of the EMD GP38-2 are used to form the children's TV series Chuggington character, Dunbar.
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