The EMD GP20 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between November 1959 and April 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 16-567D2 16- cylinder turbocharged engine which generated 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW).

Dec 16, 2024 · Electro-Motive's GP20 was the builder's first turbocharged model in the General Purpose series. Interestingly, it was inspired by Union Pacific's efforts to turbocharge the 567 prime mover. It was also the first road-switcher offered with a standard low nose/hood, designed to provide crews greater forward visibility.

Quantity Built: 269 (and 9 GP9 UP rebuilds to GP20 specs) Dates: 11/1959 to 4/1962--Exterior Dimensions: GP20 Total Length: 56'-02" Wheel Diameter: 40" Truck Wheel Base: 9'-00" Height to Top Engine Hood: 13'-11" Height to Top Cab : 14'-06" Cab Width: 10'-03" Engine Hood Width: 10'-00" Top of Walkway: 8'-09" Walkway Width: 4'-07.5" Center ...

Sep 7, 2022 · The EMD GP20 model was born out of the necessity by EMD to get greater horsepower out of a diesel locomotive. During the late 1950s, trains became heavier, schedules tighter, and there was a call for locomotives with more horsepower.

The EMD GP20C-ECO is a 2,000-horsepower (1,500 kW) B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD. Although similar to the EMD GP22ECO, the GP20C-ECO follows Canadian Pacific's request for crashworthiness and EPA emission standards with the "C" in the designation denoting crashworthiness of the cab, frame, and fuel tank. Canadian Pacific (CP ...

Nov 14, 2023 · EMD's GP20 was the company’s first four-axle model to be fitted with a turbocharger, but its roots trace back to one of its customers, Union Pacific.

Even after purchasing 30 of EMD's GP20s in 1960, numbered as UP 700-729, UP initiated a program to equip still more of its 300 series GP9s with EMD's turbocharger, completing a total of 63 units by 1965, including 30 GP9A units and 33 GP9B units, all in the 300-349B number series.

The GP20D is a four-axle B-B switcher locomotive built by MotivePower and Electro-Motive Diesel.It was supplied with a Caterpillar 3516 (called a 16-170B20-T2 by EMD) V16 prime mover which develops a total power output of 2,000 horsepower (1,490 kW). To date, only 40 units have been produced by EMD, all of which were manufactured during June 2000.The GP20D is also a hood unit with lowered long ...

Jul 5, 2009 · The Electromotive Division GP20 is a 4 axle, 2,000 HP diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD from 1959 to 1962. It used a turbo-charged 16 cylinder 567D2 engine rated 2,000 HP, the first locomotive built by EMD to use a turbo charger.

Created from the need for higher horsepower units, and to compete with ALCO and General Electric road switchers, the EMD GP20 was introduced in November of 1959. For the trackside observer, the GP20 represented a new generation in motive power - something new and different - a symbol of power and progress.