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EMD GM6W Type and origin Power type Diesel–electric Builder EMD Model GM6W Build date 1960 Total produced unknown
Performance figures Power output 600 hp (0.45 MW)
Career Locale Lebanon, South Africa
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.[ 1]
It inspired limited sales. Four went to the Chemin de Fer de l'Etat Libanais in Lebanon [ 2] Stilfontein in North West Province , South Africa .[ 3]
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