WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to: www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
The EMD GP39 locomotive was unique in that it featured a 12-cylinder, turbocharged 645E3 prime mover — 4 less than its GP38 cousin. The largest purchaser of the GP39 was the Chesapeake & Ohio, ordering 20 locomotives. Upon the Chessie and Seaboard merger, the GP39s continued in local and yard service for CSX Transportation. While some locomotives and slugs would wear a variety of patchout or early CSX Y schemes, most of the fleet was repainted into the YN2 scheme and eventually the current YN3 scheme.
