Power type Diesel-electric Model GM6W Total produced unknown | Builder EMD Build date 1960 AAR wheel arr. C | |
The EMD GM6W Diesel-electric locomotive was introduced by Electro-Motive Diesel as an export model switcher in 1960.
The prototype unit spent its entire life at the General Motors LaGrange, Illinois, plant. It wound up life at the Pielet Brothers Scrap yard next to EMD's plant and was eventually scrapped.
It inspired limited sales. Four went to the Chemin de Fer de l'Etat Libanais in Lebanon One known unit, built January 1961, was bought by the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine at Stilfontein in North West Province, South Africa.
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