Andre Kristopans Home Page

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This page was last updated on June 28, 2026.

For fifteen years, from 1998 until October 2013, Andre Kristopans hosted a personal website dedicated to compiling serial numbers and comprehensive builder data for locomotive equipment. His research covered production from the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division (EMD), and their various international licensees.

The original site was lost when Microsoft permanently shut down the free WebTV (MSN TV) hosting service on October 1, 2013. To preserve this valuable historical resource, the current collection of web pages has been reconstructed from three distinct sources:

(This information is compiled by Andre Kristopans, and he is solely responsible for the contents. Questions directed to UtahRails.net will go unanswered.)

EMD Locomotives

EMD ORDER NUMBERS -- A short history of EMD order numbers

EMC RAILCARS -- Rail motor cars and trailers built by Electro Motive Corporation (1924-1936). (May 11, 2018)

SWITCHERS (201A and 567) -- EMC and EMD switchers powered by Winton's 201A engine and EMC/EMD's 567 engine (1939-1966) (July 24, 2018)

SWITCHERS (645) -- EMD switchers powered by EMD's 645 engine (1966-1987)

ROAD SWITCHERS - 567 -- EMD GP7/GP9 through GP3/SD35/DD35 locomotives (1949-1966)

PASSENGER UNITS -- EMD E-units (1939-1963)

FREIGHT CAB UNITS -- EMD F-units (1939-1960)

ODDBALLS -- Things that don't quite fit elsewhere. (plain text file) (new listings, October 5, 2017)

"40" SERIES -- EMD GP38/SD38, GP39, GP40/SD40, SD45/F45/FP45 and DDA40X locomotives (1966-1972) (September 11, 2014)

"DASH 2" SERIES -- EMD Dash 2 Series locomotives (1972-1992) (October 28, 2017)

"50" SERIES -- EMD GP50/SD50 Locomotives (1978-1986)

"60" and "70" SERIES -- EMD GP60/SD60, SD70, and other 60 Series-era and 70 Series-era locomotives (1984-2012) (October 11, 2022)

REPOWERED LOCOMOTIVES -- EMD's efforts at installing the 567 motor in non-EMD locomotives in the 1950's and 60's

REPAIR JOBS -- Major wreck/fire repair jobs at EMD's LaGrange plant.

TRADE-IN JOBS -- Locomotives traded to EMD, 1952-1961

Other Builders

MOTIVEPOWER INC (Boise ID) -- Formerly Boise Locomotive, originally Morrison-Knudsen

GM-EMD Export Locomotives

GM EXPORT MODELS, PAGE 1 -- A Basic Description (plain text file)

GM EXPORTS, 1946-2016 -- A listing of GM export locomotives built using EMD's 567 and 645 diesel engines. (October 11, 2022)

GM EXPORTS, 1997-2020 -- A listing of GM export locomotives built using EMD's 710 diesel engine. (October 11, 2022)

GM-EMD Licensee Information

ASTILLEROS ARGENTINOS RIO DE LA PLATA SA (ASTARSA) -- GM locomotives built in Argentina.

BRUSH -- GM locomotives built in Great Britian.

CLYDE ENGINEERING CO. -- GM locomotives built in Australia.

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS -- GM locomotives built in India.

DURO DAKOVIC -- GM locomotives built in Yugoslavia (Croatia).

EQUIPAMENTOS VILLARES -- GM locomotives built in Brazil.

GENERAL MOTORS DIESEL DIVISION, LTD. -- GM locomotives built in Canada.

GENERAL MOTORS SOUTH AFRICA -- GM locomotives built in South Africa.

HENSCHEL & SOHN GmbH -- GM locomotives built in Germany.

HYUNDAI ROLLING STOCK CO. -- GM locomotives built in Korea. (May 4, 2018)

LYUDINOVO WORKS -- GM locomotives built in Russia.

MATERIAL Y CONSTRUCCIONES SA (MACOSA) -- GM locomotives built in Spain.

NYDQVIST OCH HOLM AKTIEBOLAG (NOHAB) -- GM locomotives built in Sweden.

SOCIETE ANGLO-FRANCO-BELGE (SAFB) -- GM locomotives built in Belgium.

TULOMSAS -- GM locomotives built in Eskisehir, Turkey.

Bus Data

Andre's Bus and Transit Index -- A separate index for bus and transit data, including light rails systems, compiled by Andre Kristopans

Bus Data on the web -- An index page with links to web pages for additional bus data, including VIN data

More Information

Andre Kristopans pages at Internet Archive's Wayback Machine -- Not all pages are available; some were archived as far back as 2001, others were archived in September 2013, just before Web TV/MSN TV was shut down.

Wikipedia Web TV/MSN TV article

Google search for news of the shut down of WebTV/MSN TV

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