EMD GT18LC-2

The GM-EMD GT18LC-2 is a diesel-electric locomotive introduced by Electro-Motive Diesel in the 1970s as an export model switcher. The prototype spent its life at the General Motors plant in London, Ontario, and inspired sales to Egypt, which then cancelled its order, and later to Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) in 1980, where it became KTM Class 25 because the railway faced a shortage of shunters. The prototype was eventually sold to KTM in 1990 with eleven more units, and after seeing their reliability KTM placed a second order for five locomotives that arrived in 2002. Bangladesh Railway is the largest user, with 55 locomotives built by General Motors Diesel and Hyundai Rotem as Class 2600 and Class 2900. Ghana Railway also ordered 14 of the model, which arrived in 1996.