The EMD GP38-2 is an American four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP38-2 was an upgraded version of the earlier GP38. Power is provided by an EMD 645E 16-cylinder engine, which generates 2,000 horsepower (1.5 MW). [1]

Renumbered 4707 in 1988.

CN train crosses Hwy. 32/57 on former joint MILW and SOO tracks at Hilbert, WI on 20 Feb. '13. CN 4704 and train L595 wait in the clear at Waupaca Foundry plant 2 for mainline traffic to clear. A bit of HDR brightened up a dark shot on what was for the several hours before this shot, a very nice day in the Waupaca Area.

CN 4774 (GP38-2W) and IC 9625 (GP-38), assigned to L5238, switching the Appleton yard before heading north on the Fox River Sub.

CN GMD GP38-2 #4700 at Fort Sask. AB April 2005 The EMD GP38-2 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive of the road-switcher type built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP38-2 was an upgraded version of the earlier GP38.

CNR EMD GP38-2 #5505 at the MacMillan Yard, Concord, Ont, Oct. 1974. The EMD GP38-2 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive of the road-switcher type built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the GP38-2 …

Trio of CN locomotives being tied up for the night in the Niagara Falls Yard. Canadian National GP38-2 4732 and 4613 at the Niagara Falls yard. Napadogan SUB, Milepost 218.9. After uncoupling CN 7246 and its slug, the brakerman returns to the cab. In motion. CN 4704!- CN 4713 parked for the day.

Dec 29, 2022 · CN GP38-2 #4908, a Phase 2a1 GP38-2 originally built as LIRR #274, seen in 2022. The GP38-2 was introduced by EMD in 1972 as a replacement for the GP38.

Jan 27, 2025 · CN acquires GP38-2 locomotives directly from BNSF; Essex Terminal Railway unveils a new livery. While CN regularly acquires six-axle locomotives for main line power and has units rebuilt and repowered for modernization programs, purchase of four-axle switching locomotives is sporadic at best.

Canadian National Railway (CNR) is the only transcontinental railway in North America. It also operates through the American Midwest through the Grand Trunk Western Railroad and the acquisition of the Illinois Central Railroad, and the Wisconsin Central Railroad. Units coupled to 7200-series GP9RM's.