EMD GP39

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	GP39
Build date	June 1969 - July 1970
Total produced	23

EMD GP39
EMD GP39
	Copper Basin Railway #505 at Hayden, Arizona in 2010.
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD)
Model	GP39
Build date	June 1969 - July 1970
Total produced	23
Gauge
Specifications
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Prime mover	EMD 645
Engine type	V12 diesel engine
Cylinders	12
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	2,300 hp (1.72 MW)
Locale
Career
Locale	United States

The EMD GP39 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1969 and July 1970. The GP39 was a derivative of the GP38 equipped with a turbocharged EMD 645E3 12-cylinder engine which generated 2,300 hp (1.72 MW).

23 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads.

Burlington Northern Railway later rebuilt GP30 and GP35 locomotives that it classified as GP39s, but they were not built as such by GM/EMD.

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