EMD GL8

EMD GL8
An ALL EMD GL8
Specifications
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD) General Motors Diesel (GMD)
Model	GL8
Build date	1960–1965
Total produced	B-B version: 137 A1A-A1A version: 12
AAR wheel arr.	B-B or A1A-A1A
Gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Prime mover	EMD 567
Cylinders	8
Power output	875 hp (652 kW)
Career

The EMD GL8 were export diesel-electric locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in the early 1960s.

They have been designed as light locomotives with a low axle loading. They are equipped an EMD 8-567 engine producing 875 hp (652 kW) for traction, driving four traction motors in either A1A-A1A or EMDs B-B flexicoil trucks. The EMD GA8 is a derivative designed for low axle loading and sharp curves.

Original owners

A1A-A1A version

Taiwan Railway Administration S210

• 12 Taiwan;, 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
  • 12 Taiwan Railway Administration S201–S212 (S201-S207 are the first GL8 locomotives)

B-B version

• 69 Brazil, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) and / or 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
  • 8 Rede Mineira de Viação 2851–2858
  • 23 CMEF Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro 51–73
  • 5 Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil 1001–1005
  • 18 Rede de Viação Paraná-Santa Catarina 1401–1418
  • 15 Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana 3601–3615
• 15 Republic of Ireland, 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
  • 15 Córas Iompair Éireann CIE 121 Class B121–B135
• 41 Pakistan, (now Bangladesh)
  • 41 East Bengal Railways 2201–2241, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) and / or 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
• 12 Tunisia, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) and / or 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
  • 12 Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Tunisiens 040DF351–040DF362

See also

• List of GM-EMD locomotives
• List of GMD Locomotives

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to EMD GL8 locomotives.

• The UNofficial EMD Homepage GL8 orders page