EMD GP35

EMD GP35
BNSF #2500
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD), General Motors Diesel, Canada (GMD) Model GP35 Build date July 1963 – January 1966 Total produced 1,334
Specifications Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter 40 in (1.016 m) Wheelbase 9 ft (2.743 m) Length 56 ft 2 in (17.12 m) Width 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) Height 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) Loco weight 260,000 lb (117,934 kg) Prime mover EMD 16-567D3A Engine type V16 diesel Generator EMD D-32 Traction motors EMD D67B (4) Cylinders 16
Performance figures Maximum speed 65 mph (105 km/h) Power output 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) Tractive effort Starting: 60,500 lbf (27,442 kgf) @25% Continuous: 50,000 lbf (22,680 kgf) @9.3 mph (15 km/h)
Career Locale North America

The EMD GP35 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1963 and December 1965 and by General Motors Diesel between May 1964 and January 1966. 1251 examples were built for American railroads, 26 were built for Canadian railroads and 57 were built for Mexican railroads. Power was provided by a turbocharged EMD 567D3A 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,500 horsepower (1,860 kW).^[1]

Many railroads traded in Alco FA units and EMD F-units for GP35s, reusing the trucks and traction motors. Examples with Alco trucks include those owned by Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Southern Railway, and Ann Arbor Railroad.