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EMD GL8

EMD GL8

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The EMD GL8 was an export diesel-electric locomotive introduced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in 1960.[1] They have been designed as light locomotives with a low axle loading. Measuring 36 feet 2 inches over the end sills, they are equipped an EMD 8-567CR engine producing 875 hp (652 kW) for traction, driving four traction motors in either A1A-A1A or B-B flexicoil trucks.[1] The EMD GA8 is a derivative designed for very light lines with extremely sharp curves using frame mounted traction motors and freight car trucks.

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Several countries have purchased GL8 locomotives.[2]

Original owners

A1A-A1A version

  • 12 Taiwan, 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
    • 12 Taiwan Railway Administration S201–S212 (S201-S207 are the first production GL8 locomotives, which have the locomotive bell mounted on the top of the engine compartment, a feature unique to these locomotives)
  • 41 East Pakistan, (now Bangladesh)

B-B version

C-C version

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Staff Of Trains Magazine (1971). Our GM Scrapbook, p.72. Kalmbach Publishing Company
  2. [2]
    "Export GL8 Order Numbers". www.trainweb.org. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    Iftekhar Omeer Talha (November 2010). "Bangladeshi Locomotives (Metregauge and Broad gauge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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