The EMD GM GT18LC-2

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was introduced by

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as an export model switcher in the

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. The prototype model spent its life at the General Motors plant in

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and inspired sales to

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(which then canceled their order) and later

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(KTM) in 1980 where it was designated KTM Class 25. KTM had been facing a shortage of shunters at that time. The prototype was eventually sold with another eleven more units to KTM in

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and after seeing the locomotives' reliability, placed a second order of five locomotives which arrived in 2002. During KTM's second order of the GT18LC-2, Ghana Railway also placed an order for 14 locomotives of the same model which arrived in 1996.

Original Owners

References

{{Rail transport in Malaysia G18TLC-2 C-C locomotives Diesel-electric locomotives of Malaysia Diesel-electric locomotives of Ghana Metre gauge diesel locomotives