Early production EMD GP38s w/567s?

[deandremouse]

I was reading some article online, or specifically a page on early GP38s.

I then like was looking at MKT GP38s, specifically #300 which became Kimachi #3811 which is currently up for sale "MVPX 3811" They list it as having a 567 prime mover which questions me I thought all GP38s had a roots blown 645.

Did any early production GP38s come with 567s?

[RSD15]

Not that I know of if it had a 567 it would only have 1800 hp. EMD did make a GP28 with a 567 at 1800 hp and they look very much like a GP38.

[Allen Hazen]

According to the roster at
http://www.thedieselshop.us/MKT.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
MKT 300 was built in December 1969, so it's not an "early" GP-38 -- it was built over half-way through the production life of the model (which was replaced by the GP38-2 at the beginning of 1972). So I very much doubt that it would have been built with a 567 engine. (I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but EMD stopped making 567 engines: in the rare cases where a new 567 was needed, as a replacement engine for an older unit who didn't want to upgrade it, 567 power assemblies were fitted onto a 645E frame.)

My guess is that the most likely explanation is that the author of the online article had a momentary lapse and wrote 567 by mistake. Given the dimensions of the two engines-- same length, etc-- it is POSSIBLY that someone replaced the original 645 engine in the 300 with a 567, but that seems less likely.

[Allen Hazen]

Sorry, typo (easy to do in posting on-line!):
After the word "unit" in the last line of the first paragraph of my previous reply, insert "owned by someone".

[deandremouse]

According to the roster at
http://www.thedieselshop.us/MKT.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
MKT 300 was built in December 1969, so it's not an "early" GP-38 -- it was built over half-way through the production life of the model (which was replaced by the GP38-2 at the beginning of 1972). So I very much doubt that it would have been built with a 567 engine. (I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but EMD stopped making 567 engines: in the rare cases where a new 567 was needed, as a replacement engine for an older unit who didn't want to upgrade it, 567 power assemblies were fitted onto a 645E frame.)

My guess is that the most likely explanation is that the author of the online article had a momentary lapse and wrote 567 by mistake. Given the dimensions of the two engines-- same length, etc-- it is POSSIBLY that someone replaced the original 645 engine in the 300 with a 567, but that seems less likely.

Thanks for that help alot.

MVPI dunno why it list it as having a 16-567
http://www.mprxinc.com/ForSale.cfm

Very informative

[RSD15]

The third engine listed is a GP40 listed as having a 2500hp 16-567. Typo or replaced engine?

[chrisf]

Typo or replaced engine?

Nobody is putting 567s in these GP38s or GP40s. An office clerk is probably copying and pasting from one listing to another and missing the details.

[Engineer Spike]

There was some carryover in the late 35 series. Was it 567 parts in a 645E case, or 645 parts in a 567D case?