EMD G8

The EMD G8 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive, 382 of which were built between 1954 and 1965 for both export and domestic use, by Electro-Motive Division in the United States and by General Motors Diesel Division in Canada. It served in ten countries and was equipped for several track gauges: Australia, Canada, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Liberia and New Zealand. Israel captured an Egyptian G8 in the 1967 invasion of Sinai. Clyde Engineering built it under licence in Australia, where Victorian Railways bought 89 as the T class between 1955 and 1969, including the redesigned G8B and the later G18B with the newer 645 engine. BHP bought two for the Middleback Ranges, South Australia. Canadian National number 851 was later sold to Texas Industries and is now in the hands of a Colorado group planning its restoration.