Real Train Database

The EMD F59PH entered production in May 1988 as Electro-Motive Division's answer to growing demand for purpose-built passenger locomotives suited to commuter and regional rail operations. The locomot…

The F59PH is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive riding on a B-B wheel arrangement, with two two-axle trucks each driven by a pair of DC traction motors. Po…

The EMD F59PHI emerged in 1994 as a refined, fully streamlined variant of the earlier F59PH commuter locomotive, developed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division to meet the demands of intercity p…

The F59PHI is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive riding on a B-B wheel arrangement and producing 3,000 horsepower from an EMD 12-cylinder 710G3B two-stroke…

The EMD F7 entered production in February 1949 as the fourth generation of General Motors' Electro-Motive Division's highly successful F-unit cab locomotive series. It succeeded the F3 and would late…

The F7 was powered by EMD's 567B series prime mover, a 16-cylinder, two-stroke diesel engine arranged in a 45-degree V configuration, producing 1,500 horsepowe…

Models by: Athearn · Bachmann · Broadway Limited · Intermountain · Kato · MTH · Walthers

The EMD F9 emerged in February 1953 as the fifth and final major production variant in Electro-Motive Division's celebrated F-unit cab locomotive series. Built at EMD's La Grange, Illinois facility, …

The F9 was powered by EMD's 16-cylinder model 567C prime mover, a two-stroke V-type engine configured at 45 degrees with 567 cubic inches of displacement per c…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD FP45 emerged in 1967 as a direct response to a request from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which operated some of the most celebrated passenger trains in the United States, includ…

The FP45 rode on a Co-Co wheel arrangement, meaning it carried two three-axle powered trucks, the same configuration used on the SDP45 from which it was derive…

Models by: Athearn · Walthers

The EMD FP7 emerged in June 1949 as Electro-Motive Division's purpose-built answer to the practical challenges of diesel-powered passenger service. Although EMD's E-units had established a strong rec…

The FP7 was powered by the EMD 567B prime mover, with later production units upgraded to the 567C variant, both delivering 1,500 horsepower through a direct-cu…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD FP9 emerged in early 1954 as a purpose-built passenger locomotive within General Motors Electro-Motive Division's established F-unit family. It represented a direct evolution of the earlier F…

The FP9 was powered by the EMD 567C prime mover, a 16-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine producing 1,750 horsepower, the same powerplant used in the contemporar…

Models by: Athearn · Intermountain

The EMD FT emerged from the Electro-Motive Corporation's ambition to prove that diesel-electric power could supplant steam on heavy freight assignments. The four-unit demonstrator set, completed in l…

Each FT unit was powered by a single EMD 567 series sixteen-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine producing 1,350 horsepower at 800 rpm. The engine used a Roots-ty…

Models by: Intermountain

The EMD GP15-1 was introduced in June 1976 as a product of General Motors' Electro-Motive Division, developed as a new-build alternative to the rebuilding programs that many American railroads were u…

The GP15-1 is powered by a naturally aspirated 12-cylinder EMD 645E prime mover producing 1,500 horsepower, driving DC traction motors through a conventional D…

Models by: Athearn · Atlas

The EMD GP15AC was a specialized variant of the GP15 family of road switchers, produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division during a brief production window in November and December of 1982. Th…

The GP15AC was powered by a naturally aspirated, 12-cylinder EMD 645E prime mover producing 1,500 horsepower, the same engine configuration used in the GP15-1.…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD GP15T was a specialized variant of the broader GP15 family of light road switchers produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. EMD constructed 28 examples of the GP15T between Octobe…

The GP15T was powered by a turbocharged eight-cylinder version of the EMD 645 prime mover, which produced 1,500 horsepower while using four fewer cylinders tha…

Models by: Athearn · Walthers

The EMD GP18 was a road switcher diesel-electric locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between December 1959 and November 1963. It entered production as a replacement for the…

The GP18 was powered by EMD's 16-cylinder 567D1 prime mover, which produced 1,800 horsepower and drove the locomotive through a DC traction system distributed …

Models by: Athearn

The EMD GP20 emerged from a period of experimentation and competitive pressure within the American diesel locomotive market of the late 1950s. Electro-Motive Division had been cautious about applying…

The GP20 was powered by the EMD 567D1 engine in turbocharged configuration, producing 2,000 horsepower from sixteen cylinders and driving the locomotive throug…

The EMD GP28 was a diesel-electric road switcher produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between March 1964 and November 1965. With a total production run of only 26 units, the model was …

The GP28 was powered by an EMD 567D3 prime mover, a 16-cylinder engine producing 1,800 horsepower. Notably, this engine operated without turbocharging, making …

Models by: Walthers

The EMD GP30 emerged in the early 1960s as General Motors' Electro-Motive Division responded to serious competitive pressure from a resurgent General Electric. GE's U25B, which offered 2,500 horsepow…

The GP30 rode on a B-B truck arrangement using EMD's standard Blomberg B trucks, inheriting the frame and running gear from the GP20 without significant altera…

Models by: Atlas · Broadway Limited · ScaleTrains · Walthers

The EMD GP35 emerged in 1963 as General Motors Electro-Motive Division's entry into the 2,500 horsepower road switcher market, a segment where competition among locomotive builders was intensifying d…

The GP35 was powered by a sixteen-cylinder turbocharged version of EMD's long-running 567 prime mover, designated the 567D3A, which produced 2,500 horsepower a…

Models by: Broadway Limited · Kato · Walthers

The EMD GP38 was a four-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division from January 1966 through December 1971. Positioned within EMD's broad GP ser…

The GP38 was powered by an EMD 645E prime mover, a 16-cylinder naturally aspirated variant of EMD's 645 engine family, producing 2,000 horsepower and driving D…

Models by: Athearn · Atlas · Rapido Trains · Walthers

The EMD GP38-2 entered production in 1972 as part of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's updated Dash 2 series, which modernized the earlier generation of GP locomotives with improved electrical…

The GP38-2 is powered by the EMD 645E prime mover, a 16-cylinder naturally aspirated engine producing 2,000 horsepower. Unlike many of its contemporaries in th…

Models by: Athearn · Atlas · Bachmann · Broadway Limited · Kato · MTH · Walthers

The GP38-3 designation was applied by CSX Transportation to a series of rebuilt GP38-2 locomotives that underwent cab replacement and modernization work beginning in the 1990s. Rather than representi…

The GP38-3 retains the fundamental mechanical architecture of the GP38-2, built around the EMD 645E prime mover in sixteen-cylinder naturally aspirated configu…

The EMD GP38AC was a diesel-electric road switcher produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1970 and December 1971. A total of 261 units were constructed during this relati…

The GP38AC was mechanically and structurally identical to the standard GP38 in most respects, riding on a B-B wheel arrangement with four powered axles driving…

The EMD GP39 was a diesel-electric road switcher produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between June 1969 and July 1970. Only 23 units were constructed during this brief production run, …

The GP39 was powered by a turbocharged EMD 645E3 prime mover configured with 12 cylinders, producing 2,300 horsepower and driving the locomotive through a DC t…

The EMD GP39-2 was introduced in 1974 as part of Electro-Motive Division's broader Dash 2 series, which represented a significant refinement of the builder's earlier locomotive designs through improv…

The GP39-2 was powered by a turbocharged 12-cylinder version of EMD's 645E3 diesel engine, producing 2,300 horsepower and setting it apart from the non-turboch…

Models by: Athearn · Atlas

The EMD GP39X was a specialized variant of the GP39 family produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division exclusively for the Southern Railway. All six units were built to Southern Railway's spec…

The GP39X was rated at 2,600 horsepower, a figure that distinguished it from the standard GP39, which produced 2,300 horsepower using a turbocharged 12-cylinde…

Models by: Athearn

The EMD GP40 entered production in November 1965 as General Motors' Electro-Motive Division responded to railroad demand for a higher-horsepower four-axle road switcher. It succeeded the GP35, which …

The GP40 is powered by an EMD 645E3 sixteen-cylinder engine producing 3,000 horsepower, driving the locomotive through a direct-current electrical transmission…

Models by: Athearn · Atlas · Bachmann · MTH · Rapido Trains · ScaleTrains · Walthers