| EMD GP38AC | |
| Powertype: | Diesel-electric |
| Aarwheels: | B-B |
| Uicclass: | Bo'Bo' |
| Builder: | General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) |
| Builddate: | February 1970 - December 1971 |
| Primemover: | EMD 16-645E |
| Buildmodel: | GP38AC |
| Totalproduction: | 261 |
| Locale: | United States |
An EMD GP38AC is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between February 1970 and December 1971. It was basically a GP38 with an AR10 alternator instead of the GP38's normal generator.[1] [2]
261 examples of this model were built; railroads that purchased this model include CP, DT&I, GTW, GM&O, IC, LV, L&N, N&W, SLSF, SOU and Pacific Power and Light.[3]
Many were upgraded to full GP38-2 status with the Dash 2 modular electrical cabinet.
| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP Rail | 3000-3020 | |||
| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | 210-217 | 215 renumbered 209, 216 renumbered 208, 217 renumbered 207; to Grand Trunk Western Railroad 6207-6214 | ||
| 215-220 | To Grand Trunk Western Railroad 6215-6220 | |||
| Grand Trunk Western Railroad | 5800-5811 | |||
| Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | 721-733 | To Illinois Central 9540-9552 | ||
| Illinois Central Railroad | 9500-9519 | |||
| Lehigh Valley Railroad[4] | 310-313 | To Conrail 7656-7659,[5] and then to Norfolk Southern 2881-2884, Rebuilt into remote control yard slugs in 2007 | ||
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad | 4020-4049 | To Seaboard System Railroad 6241-6270 then to CSX[6] | ||
| Norfolk and Western Railway | 4100-4159 | To Norfolk Southern.[7] | ||
| Pacific Power & Light Company | 11 | To Arizona Public Service - Pacificorp Cholla Power Plant | ||
| Southern Railway | 2823–2878 | To Norfolk Southern.[8] | ||
| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | 633-662 | 651 wrecked, remaining to Burlington Northern Railroad 2110-2138 and later to BNSF. Some of them were rebuilt as GP38-3R or GP39-3 | ||
| Totals | 261 |
In June 2020, BNSF 2127, originally Frisco 650 built in February 1971, was donated to the Galveston Railroad Museum, in Galveston, Texas. [9]