List of preserved EMD GP20 locomotives

This is a summary, listing every EMD GP20 locomotive in preservation.

GP20 (High hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
25623 Western Pacific 2001 November 1959 Western Pacific Railroad (WP) March 18, 1985 Undergoing restoration to operating condition at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California The very first EMD GP20 ever built and first GP20 purchased by the Western Pacific. [1]

GP20 (Low hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
27350 SPTX 4079 April 1962 - Stored at the Midland Railway Historical Association (MRHA) in Baldwin City, Kansas

Rebuilt GP20 (Low hood)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Rebuilder Rebuild date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
26868 Sierra Railroad 48 November 1961 AT&SF's San Bernardino shops October 24, 1978 GP20u
  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF)
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF)
November 15, 1999 Operational at the Napa Valley Wine Train in Napa, California under lease [2]
26948 KLIX 2003 January 1962 SP's Sacramento shops December 11, 1979 GP20R October 3, 1996 Stored at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
27093 Iowa Northern 2000 February 1962 June 30, 1975 GP20E September 1991 On static display at Manly, Iowa Named "Arthur C. Sabin" by the IANR [3][4]
27094 Georgia Northeastern 4125 February 1962 February 16, 1979 GP20R November 1994 Operational at the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway at Blue Ridge, Georgia [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Western Pacific #2001". wplives.org. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
  2. ↑ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 2000. p. 9.
  3. ↑ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 1994. p. 12.
  4. 1 2 SP Trainline. Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society. 1996. p. 9.