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Central Vermont GP-38AC
Central Vermont GP-38AC
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Anonymous
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Central Vermont GP-38AC
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Anonymous
on Sunday, August 12, 2001 9:25 AM
Central Vermont's roster lists its GTW-leased GP-38's as "GP-38AC". I'm interested in modeling one, and I can't find any information on this particular variant. Was it an AC version of the conventional GP-38? The few photos I've found look very similar to a GP-38-2 (little oval window on long hood is missing, intake grill is slightly different). If anybody has more info on this locomotive, I'd be very grateful to hear/see it.
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SSW9389
Member since
July 2001
From: Shelbyville, Kentucky
1,967 posts
Posted by
SSW9389
on Sunday, August 12, 2001 12:42 PM
EMD built 240 GP38ACs in 1970-71. The GP38AC is externally identical to the GP38. The difference is internal, the GP38AC used an alternator to provide current for traction and the GP38 used a generator.
GTW 5800-5811 were built in 12/71 among the very last GP38s and were serials 37929-37940. These 12 locomotives were leased to CV in the early 1990s along with a couple of the ex-DT&I early GP38s. You need to research which ones actually wore CV paint. I have photos of 5809 in CV lettering and 5804 in GT lettering. Send me your email to cooper2001@earthlink.com and I will scan those two photos for you.
COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak!
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SSW9389
Member since
July 2001
From: Shelbyville, Kentucky
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Posted by
SSW9389
on Sunday, August 12, 2001 12:44 PM
That email should be cooper2001@earthlink.net
Are you doing HO or N?
COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak!
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