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The EMD GP15 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1976 and April 1983. Intended to provide an alternative to the rebuilding programs that many railroads were applying to their early road switchers, it is generally employed as a yard switcher or light road switcher.
After G&W bought out Rail America in December 2012, CFNR GP15-1's 109, 112, and 113 were repainted and renumbered as CFNR 1568, 1569, and 1570 respectively. In 2019 the railroad purchased a couple of Tier 4 low-emission locomotives, or KLW SE24B , that were built by the Knoxville Locomotive Works.
The GP15D is a four-axle B-B switcher built by MotivePower and Electro-Motive Diesel.It was supplied with a Caterpillar 3512 (called a 12-170B15-T2 by EMD) V12 prime mover which develops a total power output of 1,500 horsepower (1,120 kW).
In early 2021, an EMD GP15-1 (#1106) was repainted likewise. Rock Island Rail additionally owns an EMD GP30 (#3024), two former BNSF SD38-2's (#’s 1555 and 1559), a GP20E (#2003), a GE C40-8 (#2127), a NW2R switcher (#109), a former Amtrak F40PHR (#310, originally AMTK 392), at least six Cabooses and some freight cars. In May 2021, #2127 was ...
Type Road number Build year Total produced AAR wheel arrangement Prime mover Power output Image EMC 1800 hp B-B: ATSF 1: 1935 1 B-B+B-B: Dual Winton 12-201-A: 1,800 hp (1,342 kW)
EMD GP15-1: 1500 1501 EMD GP40-2: 6211 [6] References External links. Railways portal; Progressive Rail, Inc. official site ... This page was last edited on 1 July ...
These engines feature a vertical crankshaft and the cylinders were arranged in an X pattern of four cylinder banks in four cylinder rows. These were the 16-184 and 16-338 "pancake" engines. The 16-388 engine was 13.5 feet (4.1 m) from the base of the generator to the top of the air intake filter and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide.
Morristown & Erie Railway (reporting mark ME) is a short-line railroad based in Morristown, New Jersey, chartered in 1895 as the Whippany River Railroad.It operates freight rail service in Morris County, New Jersey and surrounding areas on the original Whippany Line between Morristown and Roseland.