Oct 8, 1993 · The GP15-1 was a somewhat unique locomotive. It was offered by EMD as a competitor not to another manufacturer's product line, but to railroads own rebuilding of older Geeps.

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It was designed as a low-cost option for railroads that needed to replace aging fleets of older, less reliable locomotives. The 645-powered locomotives were designed to compete with railroads' efforts …

Conrail was the largest Class 1 railroad in North America to own the 1,500hp GP15-1 road switcher, with 100 units arriving on the system in late 1979 and being assigned series CR 1600-1699.

Intended to provide an alternative to the rebuilding programs that many railroads were applying to their early road switchers, it is generally employed as a yard switcher or light road switcher. There were 3 …

Dimension The GP15-1 is 54' 11" in length over the couplers and stands 15' 2 1/2" high The unit is 10' 3 1/8" wide over the handrails Distance between the bolsters is 29' 9"

The GP15-1 was a somewhat unique locomotive. It was offered by EMD as a competitor not to another manufacturer's product line, but to railroads own rebuilding of older geeps. Conrail's fleet of 100 of …

CR 1621 GP15-1 and CR 8263 GP38-2 are on the local out of Dillerville Yard late in afternoon. CR 1627 entered service 10-79 but has its newer white number boards. Rust has taken its toll on it. CR 1628 …

EMD introduced the GP15-1 in 1975 as a replacement for aging GP7s and GP9s still being used for switching, transfer and wayfreight service. Buyers had to provide a trade-in unit for the traction …

Intended for secondary and branch line trains, they featured snowplows on both ends for bidirectional use. Signal boxes were also standard equipment, allowing the GP15s to be used for road service …