<kuid2:56063:1716:1> GP38-2 Erie Northern #

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In the mid 1960's, as road switcher locomotives became more and more powerful, there was also demand for medium powered units among North Americian railroads and industries. In 1966, Electro Motive Division of General Motors released a locomotive designed specifically for this market, the four-axle, 2000hp GP38, powered by a new 16-cylinder, 645 cubic-inch prime mover. It was well received and 706 were produced by the time production ended in 1971.

1972, EMD announced an upgraded version , the GP38-2, which while externally very similar to it's predecessor, was a very different locomotive inside. The control system was electronic, and AC power produced by an alternator was rectified to supply the DC traction motors. By 1986, when production ended, 2,300 had been sold, including 500 in Canada and Mexico. Over the years many of the original GP38's were upgraded to 'dash-2' specifications.

Even today, more than 50 years after their introduction, many of them are still in service, mostly on short lines and in shunting operations, but occasionally in larger consists, shaking hands with their more modern counterparts.

Like it's more powerful cousin, the six-axle, 3000hp SD40, the GP38 is a great example of American railroading in the diesel era.

The Midwest Central GP38-2 was reskinned by Majekear from the great model by Justin Cornell (norfolksouthern37), who kindly gave permsisson for the reskin. Thanks to the following for additional features: kgp for the Nathan K5LA4 hornsound, norfolksouthern37 for the bogeys, engine sounds and effects library. Thanks also to wulf_9 for the ARN library, enabling automatically assigned running numbers from 6301 to 6399, which can also be manually entered if desired.