The EMD G12 is a class of export locomotive built by

GM-EMD Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its sub ...

, and its Canadian affiliate

General Motors Diesel General Motors Diesel was a railway diesel locomotive manufacturer located in London, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1949 as the Canadian subsidiary of the Electro-Motive Diesel division of General Motors (EMD). In 1969 it was re-organiz ...

. In addition, Australian licensee

Clyde Engineering Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products. It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Huds ...

built ten locomotives for New Zealand in 1957, five for Hong Kong, 23 for Queensland, fourteen for Western Australia and seven for

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. Australian licensee

Commonwealth Engineering Commonwealth Engineering (often shortened to Com-Eng, later Comeng was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams. History Smith and Waddington, the predecessor to Commonwealth E ...

also built 42 for

Queensland Rail Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...

in 1964–66. Many examples were built in the 1950-1960s for railroads around the world. They are powered by EMD 12-567C prime movers rated at ; some have been rebuilt with

EMD 645 The EMD 645 is a family of diesel engines that was designed and manufactured by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. While the 645 series was intended primarily for locomotive, marine and stationary engine use, one 16-cylinder versio ...

engines. The A1A-A1A version had a lower axle loading than the Bo-Bo version.

Original Owners

Bo-Bo version

Australia

* 7

BHP Whyalla DE class The BHP Whyalla DE class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for BHP between 1956 and 1965. History In 1956, BHP purchased two Electro-Motive Diesel G8 locomotives from Clyde Engineering for use at its narr ...

Brazil

A total of 241 locomotives: * 2 Estrada de Ferro de Goiás 5201–5202 * 30 Mogiana Railway 3001–3030 * 43

Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil Rail transport in Brazil began in the 19th century and there were many different railway companies. The railways were nationalised under RFFSA (Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima) in 1957. Between 1999 and 2007, RFFSA was broken u ...

1101–1143 * 17 Rede de Viação Paraná-Santa Catarina * 18

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700–717 * 25

Rede Mineira de Viação Rail transport in Brazil began in the 19th century and there were many different railway companies. The railways were nationalised under RFFSA (Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima) in 1957. Between 1999 and 2007, RFFSA was broken u ...

2201–2207, 2217–2228 * 71 Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul 2121–2145, 2161–2168, 6169–6206 * 35

Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas The Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima (RFFSA, pronounced as ''Refesa'') () was the State-owned company, State-owned national railway company of Brazil created from ''Brazilian Federal Law #3.115'' on March 16, 1957, after several rail ...

531–565

Canada

* 2

London & Port Stanley Railway The London and Port Stanley Railway (L&PS or L&PSR) was a Canadian railway located in southwestern Ontario. It linked the city of London, Ontario, London with Port Stanley, Ontario, Port Stanley on the northern shore of Lake Erie, a distance of ...

L4, L5 * 1

demonstrator 7707 (to Sweden as

Statens Järnvägar The Swedish State Railways ( sv, Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board ( sv, Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was the former government agency responsible for operating the state-owned railways in Sweden. It was created i ...

T42 in service between 1956 and 1983 preserved by the Swedish State Railroad Museum and is still in running order.)

Chile

* 3

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81–83, currently on service by Ferronor.

Egypt

* 97

Egyptian Railways Egyptian National Railways (ENR; ar, السكك الحديدية المصرية, Al-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah al-Miṣriyyah) is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA; ar, الهيئة الق� ...

3701–3797. During the 1967

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

, Israel captured 3712, 3715, 3766 and 3795, which were appropriated to Israel Railways stock.

Israel

* 23

Israel Railways Israel Railways Ltd. , dba Israel Railways ( he, רַכֶּבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Rakevet Yisra'el''), is the state-owned principal railway company responsible for all inter-city, commuter, and freight rail transport in Israel. Isra ...

104–126, some since rebuilt with 12-645E engines. After the 1967 Six-Day War, four captured Egyptian G12s were renumbered 127–130.

Iran

* 137

Islamic Republic of Iran Railways , majoroperators =RAI, Tooka rail, Samand rail , ridership =21 million , passkm =13 billion , freight =31 million tonnes , tonkm =22 billion tonnes , infrastructure = , length = , doublelength = 142 ...

40.01–40.137 * Driver cab of most of the active units have been changed to full view like GT26. * Railway Research Center ( MATRAI) has converted one of G12 loco to Hybrid locomotive in 2001 with AC drive.

Hong Kong

* 5

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon– ...

No. 51–55 ** 52–55 re-sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia as TL152–TL155 ** 51 ''Sir Alexander'', named after by-then governor of Hong Kong in 1955,

Alexander Grantham Sir Alexander William George Herder Grantham, GCMG (; 15 March 1899 – 4 October 1978) was a British colonial administrator who governed Hong Kong and Fiji. Early life, colonial administration career Grantham was born on 15 March 1899 ...

, was donated and preserved in

Hong Kong Railway Museum The Hong Kong Railway Museum is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1985, it is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway sta ...

after retirement and restoration

Mexico

* 84

Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (better known as N de M and especially in its final years as FNM) was Mexico's state owned railroad company from 1938 to 1998, and prior to 1938 (dating from the regime of Porfirio Díaz), a major railroad con ...

5806–5889

Netherlands

* 5

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SM 151-155 (Built in 1956-1959 under license as Henschel G12 in Germany). In 1970 sold to the

Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and the ...

as series NS 2901-2905. In 1975 sold to Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha in Spain.

South Korea

* 25 Korean National Railways 4001–4015(From 4011 to 4015, the gear ratio was changed to change the speed to reach , and the numbers were revised to 4301 to 4305) , 4101–4110

Nigeria

* 25 Nigerian Railways 1101–1125

Norway

* 2 Sydvaranger 1, DE101 – G12 (used on the

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, 1954–97)

Sri Lanka

* 2 Sri Lanka Railways Class M2C 626–627 (Before 2010 it used only for upcountry between Rathmalana, Colombo- Kandy, Badulla.)

Venezuela

* Government Coal Mines 01–03

A1A-A1A version

Argentina

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Sarmiento Railway The Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Railway (FCDFS) (Spanish: Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento), named after the former Argentine president, statesman, educator, and author Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, is one of the six state-owned Argentine rai ...

4501–4525, later 6551-6575.

Australia

* 13 Queensland Rail 1400 class

Brazil

A total of 26 locomotives: * 6

2708–2712 * 20 Viação Férrea do Rio Grande do Sul 2101–2120

Indonesia

* 11 Indonesian State Railways BB201 01–BB201 11

Mexico

* 6

5800–5805

New Zealand

* 146

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1400–1545

Sri Lanka

*12 Sri Lanka Railways. All except M2 571 still in daily operation (1). Classified as Class M2 ** Class M2 569–573 And one locomotive (M2 571) destroyed by terrorism. ** Class M2A 591–593 ** Class M2B 594–595 ** Class M2D 628–629

Taiwan

* 52

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R21–R72; some of their engines were replaced to 12-645E. R56–59: sent to Malawi Railways in July 2006.

United States

* 1

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demonstrator 1956

Co-Co version

Argentina

* 60

as model GR12, initially 6576-6635 but later some were renumbered.

Australia

A total of 66 locomotives: * 10 Queensland Rail 1450 class * 42 Queensland Rail 1460 class (later on-sold to

Tranz Rail Tranz Rail, formally Tranz Rail Holdings Limited (New Zealand Rail Limited until 1995), was the main rail operator in New Zealand from 1991 until it was purchased by Toll Holdings in 2003. History The New Zealand railway network was initially ...

and converted to DQ class locomotives for use in New Zealand and

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

). * 14 Western Australian Government Railways A class

Preservation

KORAIL The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korean: 한국철도공사, Hanja: ), branded as KORAIL (코레일, officially changed to in November 2019), is the national railway operator in South Korea. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed ...

4102 is only preserved G12 in Korea, plinthed in front of , along single SD9 5025. Both engines worked for construction of

KTX Korea Train eXpress (), often known as KTX (), is South Korea's high-speed rail system, operated by Korail. Construction began on the high-speed line from Seoul to Busan in 1992. KTX services were launched on April 1, 2004. From Seoul Station the ...

Gyeongbu section as departmental vehicles upon retirement of KORAIL.

Gallery

File:KCR-siralexander.JPG,

51 at the

in November 2005 File:EMD G12, No.55, R. D. Walker, Tai Po Market Station, Jun 2000.jpg, KCRC EMD G12, No.55 (R. D. Walker), at Tai Po Market Station, Hong Kong, June 2000. File:G12M 531 EFVM Vinicius Secchin.JPG,

(EFVM) 531, a G12 built by EMD (serial number 21936 of 1956) photographed at Aimorés station, Aimorés, MG, Brasil, March 2008. File:TRA R69 at Changhua Roundhouse 20080717.jpg,

R69 at

Changhua Changhua (Hokkien POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. For many centuries the site was ...

Roundhouse. File:DA1400.jpg, Preserved DA 1400 at Auckland's

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. File:ID diesel loco BB 201-03 070910 0371 kya.JPG, An Indonesian BB201 Locomotive at Kroya station

References

External links

Original Owners

Bo-Bo version

Australia

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Egypt

Israel

Iran

Hong Kong

Mexico

Netherlands

South Korea

Nigeria

Norway

Sri Lanka

Venezuela

A1A-A1A version

Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Indonesia

Mexico

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

United States

Co-Co version

Argentina

Australia

Preservation

Gallery

See also

References

External links