Community hub
0 subscribers8 pages, 0 posts
Recent from talks
All channels
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Contribute something
Welcome to the community hub built to collect knowledge and have discussions related to EMD GL8.
Nothing was collected or created yet.
EMD GL8
View on Wikipediafrom Wikipedia
| EMD GL8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 An ALL EMD GL8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The EMD GL8 is 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.
Several countries have purchased GL8 locomotives.[2]
Original owners
[edit]A1A-A1A version
[edit]- 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)
- 41 East Bengal Railways 2201–2241 (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in))[3] Still operational with Bangladesh Railway.
B-B version
[edit]- 69 Brazil, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in):
- 8 Rede Mineira de Viação 2851–2858
- 23 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 121 Class B121–B135
- 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
C-C version
[edit]- 12 Australia, 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
- 12 Queensland Railways 1700 class 1700-1711 (Built by Clyde Engineering)
Gallery
[edit]
.jpg)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Staff Of Trains Magazine (1971). Our GM Scrapbook, p.72. Kalmbach Publishing Company
- ^ "Export GL8 Order Numbers". www.trainweb.org. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Iftekhar Omeer Talha (November 2010). "Bangladeshi Locomotives (Metregauge and Broad gauge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2018.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to EMD GL8 locomotives.
| Diesel locomotives |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric locomotives | |||||||
| Electric multiple units | |||||||
| Steam locomotives |
| ||||||
| Railcars |
| ||||||
 | This diesel locomotive-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |