The EMD GL8 were export locomotives built by General Motors

General Motors

General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...

 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) in the early 1960s.

They have been designed as light locomotives with a low axle loading. They are equipped an EMD 8-567 engine producing 875 hp (650 kW) for traction, driving four traction motor

Traction motor

Traction motor refers to an electric motor providing the primary rotational torque of a machine, usually for conversion into linear motion ....

s in either A1A-A1A or EMDs B-B flexicoil truck

Bogie

A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In mechanics terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage/car or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar...

s. The EMD GA8

EMD GA8

The EMD GA8 locomotive is an EMD GL8 built for freight car trucks. They have two D29 traction motors and were designed for extremely sharp curves and low weight per axle. They have an 8-567C motor that can produce of power, 875 to the axles. NdeM of Mexico, All Argentina, and Taiwan Railway...

 is a derivative designed for low axle loading and sharp curves.

B-B version

• 69 Brazil
  • 8 Rede Mineira de Viação 2851–2858
  • 23 CMEF Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro 51–73
  • 5 Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil 1001–1005
  • 18 Rede de Viação Paraná-Santa Catarina 1401–1418
  • 15 Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana 3601–3615
• 15 Republic of Ireland
  • 15 Córas Iompair Éireann
    Córas Iompair Éireann
    Córas Iompair Éireann , or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the...
    
     CIE 121 Class
    CIE 121 Class
    The Córas Iompair Éireann 121 class is a railway locomotive which was manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. These locomotives were in regular service on the Irish railway network until 2002, with the last two remaining in service until 2008....
    
     B121–B135
• 41 Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
  • 41 East Bengal Railways 2201–2241
• 12 Tunisia
  • 12 Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Tunisiens
    Tunisian Railways
    The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens , abbreviated SNCFT, is the national railway of Tunisia and under the direction of the Ministry of Transport. SNCFT was founded on December 27, 1956. Headquartered in Tunis the company employs about 6000 people...
    
     040DF351–040DF362

A1A-A1A version

• 12 Taiwan
  • 12 Taiwan Railway Administration
    Taiwan Railway Administration
    The Taiwan Railway Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight service on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan...
    
    S201–S212 (S201-S207 are the first GL8 locomotives)