EMD GP38AC

{{Infobox locomotive

| name=EMD GP38AC

| powertype=Diesel-electric

| image=GP38AC LLPX 2210.jpg

| caption=LLPX 2210

| gauge={{track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}

| 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

}}

The 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.{{cite web |title=EMD "GP38" Locomotives: Data, History, Photos & More |url=https://www.american-rails.com/32290.html |website=American-Rails.com |access-date=3 August 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Bachand |first1=Jean-Denis |title=EMD GP38 Data Sheet |url=https://www.thedieselshop.us/Data%20EMD%20GP38.HTML |website=www.thedieselshop.us |access-date=3 August 2021}}

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.{{cite web |title=EMD GP38, GP38AC Order Numbers |url=http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/gp38.htm |website=www.trainweb.org |access-date=3 August 2021}}

Many were upgraded to full GP38-2 status with the Dash 2 modular electrical cabinet.

File:BNSF 2116 EMD GP38AC.jpg 2116 EMD GP38AC]]

File:NECR -3857.jpg EMD GP 38 AC Unit #3857 at White River Junction, VT]]

Original buyers

class="wikitable" ! Railroad !! Quantity !! Road numbers !! Notes
CP Rail \|{{center\|21}} \|3000-3020 \|
rowspan="2"\|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad \|rowspan="2"\|{{center\|14}} \|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 \|{{center\|12}} \|5800-5811 \|
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad \|{{center\|13}} \|721-733 \|To Illinois Central 9540-9552
Illinois Central Railroad \|{{center\|20}} \|9500-9519 \|
Lehigh Valley Railroad{{cite web \|title=EMD GP38AC \|url=http://www.lvrr.anthraciterailroads.org/modeling-the-lvrr/modeling-diesel-locomotives/emd-gp38ac/ \|website=Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler \|access-date=4 August 2021}} \|{{center\|4}} \|310-313 \|To Conrail 7656-7659,{{cite web \|title=EMD GP38AC on The CRHS's Conrail Photo Archive \|url=https://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/galleries/emd-gp38ac \|website=conrailphotos.thecrhs.org \|access-date=4 August 2021 \|language=en}} and then to Norfolk Southern 2881-2884, Rebuilt into remote control yard slugs in 2007
Louisville and Nashville Railroad \|{{center\|30}} \|4020-4049 \|To Seaboard System Railroad 6241-6270 then to CSX{{cite web \|title=CSX - CSX Railroad Locomotive Roster - Railroad Picture Archives.NET \|url=http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=CSX&mid=4 \|website=www.rrpicturearchives.net \|access-date=4 August 2021}}
Norfolk and Western Railway \|{{center\|60}} \|4100-4159 \|To Norfolk Southern.{{cite web \|title=NWHS Archives Documents \|url=https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=rs&id=111 \|website=www.nwhs.org \|access-date=3 August 2021}}
Pacific Power & Light Company \|{{center\|1}} \|11 \|To Arizona Public Service - Pacificorp Cholla Power Plant
Southern Railway \|{{center\|56}} \|2823–2878 \|To Norfolk Southern.{{cite web \|title=Southern Railway EMD GP38AC Locomotives \|url=http://southern.railfan.net/images/archive/southern/gp38ac/gp38ac.html \|website=southern.railfan.net \|access-date=3 August 2021}}
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway \|{{center\|30}} \|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

class="wikitable"

! Railroad !! Quantity !! Road numbers !! Notes

CP Rail

|{{center|21}}

|3000-3020

rowspan="2"|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad

|rowspan="2"|{{center|14}}

|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

|{{center|12}}

|5800-5811

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad

|{{center|13}}

|721-733

|To Illinois Central 9540-9552

Illinois Central Railroad

|{{center|20}}

|9500-9519

Lehigh Valley Railroad{{cite web |title=EMD GP38AC |url=http://www.lvrr.anthraciterailroads.org/modeling-the-lvrr/modeling-diesel-locomotives/emd-gp38ac/ |website=Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler |access-date=4 August 2021}}

|{{center|4}}

|310-313

|To Conrail 7656-7659,{{cite web |title=EMD GP38AC on The CRHS's Conrail Photo Archive |url=https://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/galleries/emd-gp38ac |website=conrailphotos.thecrhs.org |access-date=4 August 2021 |language=en}} and then to Norfolk Southern 2881-2884, Rebuilt into remote control yard slugs in 2007

Louisville and Nashville Railroad

|{{center|30}}

|4020-4049

|To Seaboard System Railroad 6241-6270 then to CSX{{cite web |title=CSX - CSX Railroad Locomotive Roster - Railroad Picture Archives.NET |url=http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=CSX&mid=4 |website=www.rrpicturearchives.net |access-date=4 August 2021}}

Norfolk and Western Railway

|{{center|60}}

|4100-4159

|To Norfolk Southern.{{cite web |title=NWHS Archives Documents |url=https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.php?index=rs&id=111 |website=www.nwhs.org |access-date=3 August 2021}}

Pacific Power & Light Company

|{{center|1}}

|11

|To Arizona Public Service - Pacificorp Cholla Power Plant

Southern Railway

|{{center|56}}

|2823–2878

|To Norfolk Southern.{{cite web |title=Southern Railway EMD GP38AC Locomotives |url=http://southern.railfan.net/images/archive/southern/gp38ac/gp38ac.html |website=southern.railfan.net |access-date=3 August 2021}}

St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

|{{center|30}}

|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

Preservation

File:Galveston Railroad Museum March 2022 23 (BNSF Railway EMD GP38AC No. 2127).jpg]]

In June 2020, BNSF 2127, originally Frisco 650 built in February 1971, was donated to the Galveston Railroad Museum, in Galveston, Texas. {{Cite web|url=https://groups.io/g/DieselRosterData/message/26640|title = Log in}}

References

{{Marre, Pinkepank - Diesel spotters guide}}
{{Pinkepank diesel spotters guide 2}}
Sarberenyi, Robert. [http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/gp38.htm EMD GP38 and GP38AC Original Owners]

GP38AC

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