The GMD GMD1 is a diesel locomotive originally produced by

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 ...

(GMD), the Canadian subsidiary of

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, between August 1958 and April 1960. This

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locomotive is powered by a 12-cylinder EMD 567C diesel engine, capable of producing . The GMD1 was built on either

Flexicoil Flexicoil suspension is a type of secondary suspension for railway vehicles, typically having steel coil springs between the bogie trucks and chassis/frame of a passenger coach, goods freight wagon, or locomotive. Suspension systems using ste ...

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(for light-rail prairie branchlines) or Flexicoil B-B trucks. One hundred and one were built,

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(CN) purchased 96 and

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(NAR) the remaining five, which later became part of CN's fleet when they acquired majority interest in NAR. As the light branches were abandoned or rehabilitated, the bulk were upgraded with new fuel tanks and Flexicoil B-B trucks and assigned to yard and transfer service. In 1988/89, 39 GMD1s were remanufactured by CN as GMD 1Us, 12 emerged with B-B trucks and continued to run long-hood-forward, while the others retained their A1A trucks and were converted to shorthood-forward operation. As of late 2018, 11 remained in service with CN.The GMD-1 ''Trains'' February 2019 pages 20/21 CN retired its last GMD1 units in April 2021.

Original owners

Second-hand users

A number of GMD1 units were sold off in the 1990s and 2000s to rebuilders, leasers, regional and shortline railways. Twenty were acquired by

Ferrocarriles de Cuba Ferrocarriles de Cuba (FCC) or Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba (English: National Railway Company of Cuba), provides passenger and freight services for Cuba. Route network Ferrocarriles de Cuba uses that extends from Guane (province Pinar del ...

. Oregon Pacific Railroad acquired CN No. 1413, and is now numbered OPR No. 1413.

Cando Rail Services Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd. (Commonly referred to simply as Cando, reporting mark CCGX) is a railroad contractor headquartered in Brandon, Manitoba, founded in 1978 by Gord Peters and Rick Hammond. Cando offers several services, including indust ...

acquired CN 1401, 1434 and 1435 in late 2018. CN 1401 is now CCGX 1009, CN 1435 is CCGX 1010.

Waterloo Central Railway The Waterloo Central Railway (WCR) is a non-profit heritage railway owned and operated by the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society (SOLRS). In May 2007, SOLRS received joint approval from the Region of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo ...

took donation of and restored a GMD1 in 2021.

References

http://rapidotrains.com/gmd-1-master-class/

Original owners

Second-hand users

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