EMD GP28

Not to be confused with the EMD GP28M, a rebuild of the EMD GP9.

EMD GP28

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

Performance figures
Power output	1,800 hp (1.34 MW)

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 non-turbocharged version of the EMD GP35.

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

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4-axle general purpose diesel locomotives built by GM-EMD

BL1 BL2 BL20-2 GP7, GP7B GP9, GP9B GP15-1 GP15AC GP15T GP15D GP18 GP20 GP20D GP22ECO GP28 GP30, GP30B GP35 GP38 GP38AC GP38-2/38-2L/38-2W GP38H-3 GP39 GP39DC GP39X GP39-2 GP40 GP40X GP40-2 GP40P GP40P-2 GP40TC GP49 GP50 GP59 GP60, GP60B, GP60M

(See also: List of GM-EMD locomotives)

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