Central Vermont GP-38AC

[SSW9389]

That email should be [e-mail]

Are you doing HO or N?

[SSW9389]

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 [e-mail] and I will scan those two photos for you.

[Anonymous]

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.