EMD GP39DC

CBRY #402 underway.

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Model	GP39DC
Build date	June 1970
Total produced	2

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	(?)
Engine type	V12 diesel engine
Cylinders	12

Performance figures
Power output	2,300 hp (1,720 kW)

Career
Operators	Kennecott Copper Company
Locale	Utah

An EMD GP39DC is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1970. Power was provided by a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD engine that generated | poweroutput=2,300 hp (1,720 kW). This locomotive model was basically a GP39 with DC main generator instead of an alternator.

2 examples of this locomotive model were built for Kennecott Copper Company as 1 and 2, later sold to Copper Basin Railway as 401 and 402.

References

Marre, Louis A. & Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-89024-088-4. LCCN 88083625. OCLC 19959644.
Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

External links

Media related to EMD GP39DC locomotives at Wikimedia Commons

Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39 Original Owners

4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD

BL1 BL2 BL20-2 GP7, GP7B GP9, GP9B GP15-1 GP15AC GP15T GP15D GP18 GP20 GP20D GP22ECO GP28 GP30, GP30B GP35 GP38 GP38AC GP38-2/38-2L/38-2W GP38H-3 GP39 GP39DC GP39X GP39-2 GP40 GP40X GP40-2 GP40P GP40P-2 GP40TC GP49 GP50 GP59 GP60, GP60B, GP60M

(See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives)

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