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Not to be confused with the EMD GP28M, a rebuild of the
EMD GP9.
EMD GP28 |
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Performance figures |
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Power output | 1,800
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An EMD GP28 is a 4-axle
diesel-electric locomotive built by
General Motors Electro-Motive Division between March 1964 and November 1965. Power was provided by an
EMD 16-567D1 16-
cylinder engine which generated 1,800
horsepower (1.34 MW). This locomotive was basically a naturally aspirated version of the
EMD GP35.
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16 examples of this locomotive model were built for
American railroads, 10 were built for
Mexican railroads, and five were built for use in Peru.
Original buyers
References
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^ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 32.
ISBN
0-395-70112-0.