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The EMD GP39 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1969 and July 1970. The locomotive’s power was provided by a turbocharged EMD 645E3 12-cylinder engine which generated 2300 hp (1.72 MW)23 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads.Burlington Northern Railway later rebuilt GP30 GP35 and GP40 locomotives that it classified as GP39s but they were not built as such by GM/EMD.