EMD GP39DC

**EMD GP39DC**
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Model	GP39DC
Build date	June 1970
Total production	2
AAR wheel arr.	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm)
Cylinders	12
Power output	2,300 hp
Career	Kennecott Copper Company
Locale	Utah

An EMD GP39DC is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in June 1970. Power was provided by a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD engine that generated 2,300 hp. 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

[edit] References

Marre, Louis A.; Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1989). The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-8902-6088-4.
Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP39 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

v • d • e 4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD

BL1, BL2, GP7, GP7B, GP9, GP9B, GP15-1, GP15AC, GP15T, GP18, GP20, GP20D, GP28, GP30, GP30B, GP35, GP38/38-2L/38-2W, GP38AC, GP38-2, GP38-H3, GP39, GP39DC, GP39X, GP39-2, GP40, GP40P, GP40P-2, GP40TC, GP40X, GP40-2, GP49, GP50, GP59, GP60, GP60B, GP60M

(See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives)