{"id":31096,"date":"2021-04-28T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T11:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31096"},"modified":"2021-04-28T21:55:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:55:44","slug":"gp28-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/gp28-details\/","title":{"rendered":"GP28 Details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Model GP28 with just over two-dozen domestic examples  built may be considered  one of General Motors Electro-Motive Division more obscure diesel-electrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It was contemporary with the relatively popular GP35 with which it shares a similar external appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where EMD&#8217;s GP35 was a high-horsepower model using a turbocharged variation of the 16-567 diesel to deliver 2,500 hp, the GP28 used a 16-567D1 aspirated with a Roots blower and delivered just 1,800 hp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GP28 was only in production for a few months during 1964 and 1965, and may be viewed as a transitional model between the GP18 and GP38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t recall having ever photographed a GP28 in action until last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kris Sabbatino and I were fortunate to capture Mass Coastal GP28 2009  during the course of its daily duties on Cape Cod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with my Nikon Z6, I made these photos as it worked near the Cape Cod Canal lift bridge at Bourne, Massachusetts and nearby at Monument Beach on the Falmouth Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"712\" data-attachment-id=\"31098\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/gp28-details\/cape_cod_canal_bridge_mass-coastal_gp28_2009_dsc_4543\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Cape_Cod_Canal_Bridge_Mass-Coastal_GP28_2009_DSC_4543.jpg?fit=798%2C1200\" 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