EMD G12

The EMD G12 is a class of export locomotive built by GM-EMD and its Canadian affiliate General Motors Diesel. Australian licensee Clyde Engineering built ten for New Zealand in 1957, five for Hong Kong, 23 for Queensland, fourteen for Western Australia and seven for BHP, and Commonwealth Engineering built 42 for Queensland Rail in 1964 to 1966. Many examples were built in the 1950s and 1960s for railroads around the world. They are powered by EMD 12-567C prime movers rated at 1,250 horsepower, some later rebuilt with EMD 645 engines, and the A1A-A1A and C-C versions had a lower axle loading than the B-B version. Large batches went to Brazil, 241 in all, to Egyptian Railways, 97, and to Iran, 137, and Israel captured some Egyptian units in the 1967 war.