EMD GP16

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Width	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Loco weight	258,000 lb (117,000 kg)
Prime mover	EMD 16-645
Engine type	2-stroke diesel
Traction motors	4 DC
Transmission	Diesel-electric
Loco brake	straight air
Train brakes	26L air

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD);; rebuilt by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Model	GP16
Build date	June 1979 —; November 1982
Total produced	155

EMD GP16
EMD GP16
	Buckingham Branch Railroad No. 2, a GP16 rebuild, rests at Dillwyn, Virginia
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD);; rebuilt by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Model	GP16
Build date	June 1979 —; November 1982
Total produced	155
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• AAR	B-B
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Width	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Loco weight	258,000 lb (117,000 kg)
Prime mover	EMD 16-645
Engine type	2-stroke diesel
Traction motors	4 DC
Transmission	Diesel-electric
Loco brake	straight air
Train brakes	26L air
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	65 mph (105 km/h)
Power output	1,600 hp (1,200 kW)
Tractive effort	64,500 lbf (287 kN)
Locale
Career
Locale	North America

The EMD GP16 are a series of rebuilt diesel-electric locomotives, a result of a remanufacturing program initiated by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) in an effort to spare the cost of purchasing new motive power in the late 1970s. This involved the rebuilding of their aging fleet of EMD GP7, GP9 and GP18 road switchers (many of which were over twenty years old). 155 locomotives (122 GP7, 31 GP9 and two GP18) were rebuilt by the SCL.

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