EMD GL8

Career
Career
Disposition	Many scrapped, some preserved, others still operating

EMD GL8
EMD GL8
	Roots blower
Cylinders	8
Loco brake	Straight air
Train brakes	Air or Vacuum schedule 26-LA or 27-LA

The EMD GL8 was an export

Original owners

12 Taiwan, 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
- 12
  Taiwan Railway Administration
  S201–S212 (S201-S207 are the first production GL8 locomotives, which have the locomotive bell mounted on the top of the engine compartment, a feature unique to these locomotives)
41 East Pakistan, (now Bangladesh)
- 41
  East Bengal Railways 2201–2241 (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in))^[3] Still operational with Bangladesh Railway
  .

69 Brazil, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in):
- 8
  Rede Mineira de Viação
  2851–2858
- 23
  Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro
  51–73
- 5
  Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil
  1001–1005
- 18
  Rede de Viação Paraná-Santa Catarina
  1401–1418
- 15
  Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana
  3601–3615
15 Republic of Ireland, 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
- 15
  121 Class
  B121–B135
12 Tunisia, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) and / or 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
- 12
  Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Tunisiens
  040DF351–040DF362

12 Australia, 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
12
Queensland Railways 1700 class 1700-1711 (Built by Clyde Engineering
)

^ ^a ^b Staff Of Trains Magazine (1971). Our GM Scrapbook, p.72. Kalmbach Publishing Company
^ "Export GL8 Order Numbers". www.trainweb.org. 21 February 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ Iftekhar Omeer Talha (November 2010). "Bangladeshi Locomotives (Metregauge and Broad gauge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2018.