EMD GP28

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	GP28
Build date	March 1964 – November 1965
Total produced	31

EMD GP28
EMD GP28
	Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad #1812 in Irondale, Alabama in 2010.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	GP28
Build date	March 1964 – November 1965
Total produced	31
Gauge
Specifications
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	EMD 16-567D1
Engine type	V16 diesel engine
Cylinders	16
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	1,800 hp (1.34 MW)
Locale
Career
Locale	United States, Mexico, and Peru

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 567D1 16-cylinder engine which generated 1,800 horsepower (1.34 MW). This locomotive was basically a naturally aspirated version of the EMD GP35.^[1]

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

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Chihuahua Pacific Railroad	10	801-810	808-810 equipped with high short hood and steam generators
Illinois Central Railroad	12	9429-9440
Mississippi Central	1	211	to Illinois Central 9441
Southern Peru Copper Corporation	5	26-30
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway	2	700, 701	to Texas and Pacific Railway 570, 571, to Missouri Pacific Railroad 700-701
Texas Mexican Railway	1	856
Total	31

↑ Foster, Gerald L. (1996). A field guide to trains of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 32. ISBN 0-395-70112-0.

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