EMD GP39-2#Rebuilds
{{Infobox locomotive
| name = EMD GP39-2
| powertype = Diesel–electric
| image = BNSF 2866 EMD GP39-2.jpg
| caption = BNSF 2866 in Santa Fe paint in Commerce, California
| gauge = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| aarwheels = B-B
| builder = General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
| buildmodel = GP39-2
| builddate = 1974–1984
| totalproduction = 239
| locale = United States
| cylindercount = 12
| poweroutput = {{convert|2300|hp|-1|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| length = {{convert|59|ft|2|in|abbr=on}}
}}
File:BNSF 2958 EMD GP39-2 Stockton.jpg]]
The EMD GP39-2 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1974 and 1984. 239 examples of this locomotive were built for American railroads. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP39-2 was an upgraded GP39. The power for this locomotive was provided by a turbocharged 12-cylinder 12-645E3 diesel engine, which could produce {{convert|2300|hp|-1|lk=in}}.
Unlike the original GP39, which sold only 23 examples as railroads preferred the reliable non-turbocharged GP38, the GP39-2 was reasonably successful, ascribed to its better fuel economy relative to the GP38-2, which became of more interest in the 1970s energy crisis, and to its better performance at altitude.{{cite book
|title = A Field Guide to Trains of North America
|author = Foster, Gerald
|publisher = Houghton Mifflin Field Guides
|year = 1996
|isbn = 0-395-70112-0
}}
Original owners
The GP39-2 sold to five railroads and two industrial operators:{{cite web
|url = http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/gp39-2.htm
|title = EMD GP39-2 Order Numbers
|work = The UNofficial EMD Homepage
|access-date = 2006-12-08
}}
| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Railroad ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Quantity ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Road numbers ! bgcolor=#C0C090 | Notes | |||
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|106 |3600–3705 | Remainder to BNSF; 3600-3616 sold to Willamette & Pacific Railroad in 1993 as 2301-2317. Now later Portland & Western Railroad | |||
| Burlington Northern Railroad
|40 |2700–2739 |All to BNSF | |||
| Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
|32 |1-3, 705–711, 779–799, 905 |705-711 and 779-799 were built with raised cab roofs and extra windows for improved visibility in the Bingham open pit copper mine. Kennecott #3 was built for the Ray Mines Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation | |||
| Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|20 |360–379 |371 to UP as 2370, then to NEGS, then to WAMX as 3927, operating with AA | |||
| Phelps Dodge Corporation
|1 |33 | | |||
| Reading Company
|20 |3401–3420 | To Delaware and Hudson Railway, and then to CSX{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} | |||
| Delaware and Hudson Railway
|20 |7601-7620 | To Boston and Maine, to UP and then to Webb Asset Management | |||
| Total | 239 |
|---|
Rebuilds
Union Pacific has rebuilt 7 of their GP39-2's into GP39N
Preservation
Only one GP39-2 is preserved as of 2019:
- CSX 4317, former Reading Company 3412, is preserved at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum in Hamburg, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |last=Laepple |first=Wayne |date=2019-10-10 |title=Former Reading locomotive arrives at Reading Co. museum NEWSWIRE |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/03-former-reading-locomotive-arrives-at-reading-co-museum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927082654/https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/03-former-reading-locomotive-arrives-at-reading-co-museum/ |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Trains |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=GP39-2 News Release |url=http://www.readingrailroad.org/news/news.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820050737/http://www.readingrailroad.org/news/news.shtml |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Reading Company Technical & Historical Society}} 4317 is the first GP39-2 in preservation.
References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|EMD GP39-2 locomotives}}
- Sarberenyi, Robert. [http://www.trainweb.org/jaydeet/gp39-2.htm EMD GP39-2 Original Owners]
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Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of the United States
Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1974
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