GP40TC
The GMD GP40TC was built by General Motors Diesel (GMD), for GO Transit in Toronto, Ontario (The 'TC' stood for 'Toronto Commuter'). A total of eight units were manufactured between 1966-1968. They were built on an enlarged frame to accommodate a HEP genset. GO Transit numbered these units 600-607. GO Transit sold the fleet to Amtrak in 1988; Amtrak numbered them 192-197. For Amtrak service the 575-volt HEP engine / generator set was replaced with one for 480-volt HEP. The units were based in Chicago and used on short-haul trains. The Norfolk Southern Railway rebuilt all eight at its Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania. These are now classed as GP38H-3 and work maintenance-of-way trains. Amtrak renumbered them 520-527 to make room for the new GE Genesis locomotives in the 1990s.
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