The EMD GP8 is a model of four-axle diesel locomotive rebuilt by Illinois Central's Paducah shops using a General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP7, GMD GP7 or GP9 as a start. It is similar to the GP10 and GP11.

The Conrail GP8 and GP10 fleet originally began their lives as EMD GP7 and GP9's built for a variety of roads in the early fifties. Conrail, with hundreds of units lined up in graveyards and in dire need for reliable power decided to begin a GP rebuild program.

The EMD GP8 is a model of four-axle diesel locomotive rebuilt by Illinois Central's Paducah shops using a General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP7, GMD GP7 or GP9 as a start. It is similar to the GP10 and GP11.

Conrail's GP8's contained a 16-cylinder 567C or 567BC EMD prime mover that produced 1,500 horsepower. The units weighed 249,00lbs. By 1991, Conrail had retired all their GP8's.

The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotives

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Mar 31, 2022 · The GP8 is an Illinois Central rebuild of older GP7 and GP9 units. The phases below are for the GP8 rebuilds themselves and do not reflect the phases of the original locomotives prior to rebuilding. IC GP10 rebuilds followed similar phases, except with no Phase 4a; see GP10 Phases.

The Conrail GP8 and GP10 fleet originally began their lives as EMD GP7 and GP9's built for a variety of roads in the early fifties. Conrail, with hundreds of units lined up in graveyards and in dire need for reliable power decided to begin a GP rebuild program.

CR 5455 is in the dead line waiting to be scrapped. Conrail GP8 locomotive train engine photos.

Jan 13, 2025 · ICG GP8 7979 near 18th Street, Chicago, Illinois, October 1978, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built in April 1953 as IC GP7 8979 (c/n 17738) on EMD Order 6496, it was rebuilt during 1969 at Paducah, Kentucky to GP8 7979 and during January 1985 became IAIS 479.