The EMD GP35 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between July 1963 and December 1965 and by General Motors Diesel between May 1964 and January 1966. 1251 examples were built for American railroads, 26 were built for Canadian railroads and 57 were built for Mexican railroads. Power was provided by a turbocharged EMD 567D3A 16-cylinder engine which generated .
Many railroads traded in Alco FA units and EMD F-units for GP35s, reusing the trucks and traction motors. Examples with Alco trucks include those owned by Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Southern Railway, and Ann Arbor Railroad.
Original buyers
Railroad Quantity Road numbers NotesAlaska Railroad32501–2503Ann Arbor Railroad 10 385–394Type B TrucksAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway1611300–1460Renumbered 3300-3460. Most now in service with BNSF Railway, 2505 was wrecked and retired in 2007.Atlantic Coast Line Railroad6909–914To Seaboard Coast Line 1400-1405 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad413500–3519, 3540–3559, 3581Canadian National Railway24000–4001Renumbered 9300, 9301Canadian Pacific Railway248202–8213, 5014–50258202–8213 renumbered to 5002–5013, 5024–5025 last GP35s builtChesapeake and Ohio Railway423520–3539, 3560–35753045, 3047Rebuilt from wrecked GP30s; Renumbered 3583,35843537 (2nd), 3563 (2nd), 3574 (2nd)Rebuilt from wrecked GP35s3582Rebuilt from wrecked GP7Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad22978–999To Burlington Northern 2524-2545Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad31 242–259To Missouri Pacific Railroad 650–667260–272To Missouri Pacific Railroad 668–680, Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1116–1128Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad12360–371Renumbered 1500–1511Chicago and North Western Railway43824–866824 and 825 were replacements for wrecked GP9sChicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad34300–333De Queen and Eastern Railroad1D-6Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad223029–3050Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad8 350–357Erie Lackawanna Railroad362551–2586To Conrail 3657-3692 Great Northern Railway243017–3040To Burlington Northern 2500-2523 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad48 601–648Type B trucksLouisville and Nashville Railroad171100–1115,1101 (2nd)1101 (2nd) wreck rebuildMissouri Pacific Railroad50600–614, 640–649From Texas and Pacific Railway615–639Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México558200–82548215–8229 High Short Hood with steam generatorNew York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad1910Rebuild of wrecked GP9. To N&W 2910 New York Central Railroad316125–6155Renumbered 2369–2399; numbers retained under Penn Central and Conrail. NYC 6155 was ex-EMD 1964 the New York World's Fair unit, exx EMD 5661Norfolk and Western Railway69200–239, 1309–13281300–1301Low nose, ordered by Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway1302–1308Low nose, ordered by Wabash RailroadPennsylvania Railroad1192252–23702309–2310 renumbered 2250–2251, and 2369–2370 renumbered 2309–2310; numbers retained under Penn Central and Conrail; 5 units to Housatonic Railroad 3600-3604Reading Company376501–6506, 3626–36566501–6506 renumbered 3620–3625; entire group to Conrail as 3620-3656 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad8111–118Renumbered 131–138Seaboard Air Line Railroad10535–544To Seaboard Coast Line 1406-1415 Ferrocarril Sonora–Baja California22307–2308St. Louis – San Francisco Railway33700–732725–731 Type B TrucksSoo Line Railroad10722–731722 only Type B TrucksSouthern Railway78210–214From Central of Georgia Railway, renumbered to 240–244, to NS2645–2704, 25262526 Rebuilt from wrecked GP30, 2645–2702 Type B Trucks2705–2715From Savannah and Atlanta Railway Company Type B Trucks2641From CNO&TP, rebuilt from wrecked GP30Southern Pacific Company1607408–7484, 7700–7782Renumbered 6520–6679St. Louis Southwestern Railway22760–781Renumbered 6500–6519; 780–781 diverted from Southern Pacific Company, renumbered 6680–6681Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway3900–902Type B trucksUnion Pacific Railroad24740–763UP 762–763 were ex EMD 5652, 5654 first GP35s built as part of the GP35–DD35–DD35–GP35 demonstrator set.Wabash Railroad 8540–547To Norfolk and Western 3540-3547 Western Maryland Railway5501–505Renumbered 3576–3580Western Pacific Railroad223001–3022Totals 1,334
Preservation
Some GP35s are in preservation, while others are on tourist railroads, meaning they are technically preserved. Conway Scenic Railroad 216 regularly operates with GP38 252 on the notch train, painted in a Maine Central inspired scheme with Conway Scenic reporting marks. It was built as Norfolk and Western 1328 and was their last GP35 built. It was sold to Springfield Terminal in 1992 and renumbered to 216. It was retired and sold to Conway Scenic in 2011. Fillmore and Western Railway 3501 and 3502 operated in year round excursion service, and sometimes appeared in films, TV shows and commercials. 3501 and 3502 were built as Pennsylvania Railroad 2262 and 2339. 3501 was sold to SMV when the Fillmore & Western Railway ceased operations in 2021 and 3502 remains on FWRY property. Gulf Mobile and Ohio 631 is stored at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum. It was restored and put on display in Mobile, AL in 1997, then moved for restoration in 2008. Reading Company 3640 is under restoration at the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. It was the only Reading GP35 to be painted in the solid green scheme in 1974, and the society hopes to restore it to this scheme. Savannah and Atlanta Railway 2715 is on display at the Georgia State Railroad Museum. It was the last GP35 built for any part of Southern Railway. Southern Railway 2641 is on display at the former station in Clarksville, Tennessee painted for the unit's last operator before display as R.J. Corman 3501. Watco 3533 is in service switching in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built as Wabash 547 in 1964. It was the last locomotive ever built for the Wabash. It was donated to the National Museum of Transportation in 2006, then was brought out of retirement in 2011 and shipped to Mid America Car & Locomotive to be restored to operation, then put in service in 2014. Western Pacific Railroad 3002 is preserved at Ogden Union Station in Ogden, Utah and was restored to its as-delivered appearance.
References
Canadian GP35s http://utahrails.net/ajkristopans/GENERALMOTORSDIESEL.php#heading_toc_j_9
Bibliography
See also
List of GM-EMD locomotives List of GMD Locomotives