page_title: EMD GT26 Series
section_title: GT26CU-2
hierarchical_section_title: EMD GT26 Series / GT26CU-2
caption_attribution_description: English: Diesel-Electric Locomotive GT26CU-2 C-C # 936 - built by Villares to EFVM in 1985 transferred to the FCA in 2002, currently boasting the second pattern painting (orange). Itaúna-MG-Brazil. Português: Locomotiva Diesel-Elétrica GT26CU-2 #936 C-C - construída pela Villares para a EFVM em 1985 e desde 2002 transferida para a FCA, atualmente ostentando o segundo padrão de pintura (laranja). Itauna-MG-Brasil.
context_page_description: The EMD GT26 Locomotive Series made their debut in 1967 after the rise in popularity of the American EMD SD40. Designed to meet most First World, Second World and Third World countries, the GT26 Series were now equipped with a turbocharged high horsepower EMD 645 Series engine as well as six axle HT-C trucks to provide better traction effort at slow speeds. Based on customer input, the GT26 Series would be defined by various designations that suit the customer's railway operations.
  The standard suffix after the GT26 designation was the use of six-axle trucks; following the C designation, the customer had the option to purchase specific traction motors to fit Narrow Gauge or Broad Gauge rails. It was also around the mid 1970s that customers began to purchase EMD Dash 2 electronics to simplify maintenance.
  The GT26 designation can freely apply to the designs of any EMD export model or a licensee of EMD as long as the electrical and mechanical gear were left unaltered.
context_section_description: The EMD GT26CU-2 first appeared in 1976. Unlike its turbocharged predecessor the GT16, the GT26CU-2 was identified with a U suffix which indicated that this model had traction motors that could fit the locomotive's axles from Metre gauge to Irish gauge rails; thus Universal would be the understood term for the traction motors.
  Production spanned from May 1976 to August 1992.
caption: A GT26CU-2 in Brazil in 2009.
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