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The GMD GMDH-3 was an experimental diesel-hydraulic switching
The GMD GMDH-3 was an experimental diesel-hydraulic switching locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...
built in January 1960 by General Motors Diesel of Canada. Only one example was built, with GMD serial number A1813.
The locomotive was essentially the GMDH-1 design but with only a single hood, a single engine and an end cab, mounted on a six-wheel chassis.
History
After being built in January 1960, the locomotive served as a demonstrator for GMD, bearing number #275, between 1960 and 1962, during which it spent a period in Egypt, but no sales resulted. The locomotive was sold in 1963 to McKinnon Industries ofSt. Catharines
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...
, Ontario as their plant switcher, #2128. After nearly 30 years of service, it was sold in 1992 to the South Simcoe Railway, a heritage museum railway, in Tottenham, Ontario, but in 1995 it was declared surplus to requirements by the railway's directors.
After a fund-raising effort, the Southern Michigan Railroad Society
The Southern Michigan Railroad Society is a railway museum in Clinton, Michigan, United States. It has preserved of track and a variety of railroad equipment including the only GMDH-3 locomotive ever built. Trains are operated on a seasonal s ...
purchased the locomotive in 1996, where it remains in operable condition .
As of June 2015, GMDH-3 had been repainted in two-tone blue, and is still parked in Clinton, Michigan awaiting funds for restoration.
See also
* List of GMD Locomotives *GMD GMDH-1
The GMD GMDH-1 was an experimental diesel-hydraulic, center-cab, switching locomotive built by General Motors Diesel of Canada. Four examples were built. The first two locomotives were each fitted with a pair of 6-cylinder Detroit Diesel serie ...
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