Tags: Locomotive.
An EMD GP20 is a 4-axle (B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division between November 1959 and April 1962. Power was provided by an EMD 567D2 16-cylinder turbocharged engine which generated 2000 horsepower (1500 kW). EMD was initially hesitant to turbocharge their 567-series diesel engine but was spurred on to do so following successful tests made by Union Pacific in the form of UP’s experimental Omaha GP20 units.
