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General Motors Diesel GMD1

Cando Rail Services GMD1 in June 2019 at the North Transcona freight yard in Winnipeg

Even though General Motors Diesel of Canada only built EMD locomotives for most of the time, they also designed the GMD1 as their own design. It was a road switcher with the well-known EMD 12-567 prime mover deliverin...

General Motors Diesel GMD1Remove
Variant
A1A-A1A
Built 1958-1960
Manufacturers General Motors Diesel
Wheel arrangement (A1A)(A1A)
Gauge 1435 mm
Length 16688 mm
Service mass 108409 kg
Top speed 105 km/h
Power
Engine EMD 12-567C

General

Property General Motors Diesel GMD1
A1A-A1A
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Built 1958-1960
Manufacturers General Motors Diesel
Wheel arrangement A1A-A1A
Gauge 1,435 mm

Dimensions and weights

Property General Motors Diesel GMD1
A1A-A1A
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Length 16.69 m
Wheelbase 12.65 m
Service mass 108.4 t
Adhesion mass 80 t
Rigid wheelbase 3.05 m
Axle load 20 t

Power plant

Property General Motors Diesel GMD1
A1A-A1A
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Engine EMD 12-567C
Engine type V12 diesel

Power

Property General Motors Diesel GMD1
A1A-A1A
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Power source diesel-electric
Indicated power 895 kW (1,217 PS)
Top speed 105 km/h
Starting effort 273.6 kN

Calculated values

Property General Motors Diesel GMD1
A1A-A1A
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Factor of adhesion 1 : 2.87
Power-to-weight ratio 8.3 kW/t
Adhesive weight/Total 1 : 1.36
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