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The EMD GP59 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive model built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between 1985 and 1989. Power was provided by a 12-cylinder EMD 710G3A diesel engine which could produce 3000 horsepower (2200 kW). This locomotive shared the same common frame with the EMD GP60 giving it an overall length of 59 feet 9 inches (18.21 m). It featured a 3700-US-gallon (14000 l; 3100 imp gal) fuel tank. 36 examples of this locomotive were built including three demonstrators.
