An EMD GP59 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

 model built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1989. Power was provided by a 12-cylinder

Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine or pump, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typically cast from aluminum or cast iron before receiving precision machine work...

 EMD 710G3A

EMD 710

The EMD 710 is a line of diesel engines built by Electro-Motive Diesel . The 710 series largely replaced the earlier EMD 645 series. The EMD 710 is a large two-stroke diesel engine that has a displacement per cylinder. Since its introduction, EMD has continually upgraded the 710G diesel engine...

 diesel engine, which could produce 3000 hp. This locomotive shared the same common frame with the EMD GP60

EMD GP60

An EMD GP60 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1994. The GP60 was EMD's first diesel that was classified as a third-generation locomotive...

, giving it an overall length of 59 feet 9 inches. It featured a 3700 gallons (14,006 l) fuel tank. 36 examples of this locomotive were built, all of which were eventually acquired by Norfolk Southern.

By adding a full cowl body and a comfort cab, and also an HEP generator, the GP59 became the EMD F59PH.

External links

• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD GP60, GP60M, GP60B, and GP59 Original Owners