- GM-Gruppen
GM-Gruppen is a Norwegian
heritage railway society that restores and operatesScandinavia n operateddiesel locomotive s from General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD). The organisation has restored oneEMD G12 , oneDSB MY , oneDSB MX and twoNSB Di 3 .Rolling stock
The first locomotive acquired by the society was a G12 unit number 7707 from the Swedish
Statens Järnvägar (SJ). It was built in1953 in London,Canada and sold to SJ and numbered T42-205 as the sole G12 used by the company. After it was retired in1986 it was bought by GM-Gruppen.In
1989 GM-Gruppen agreed to buy two Danish MX/MY units fromDanske Statsbaner (DSB), numbered MY-1104 and MX-1040. They were built byNOHAB in1954 and1962 , respectively.The organisation also has two Norwegian locomotives, both Di 3 units from
Norges Statsbaner (NSB), numbered 3.602 and 3.616. The first is a prototype locomotive while the second is a normal serial production locomotive. Both engines are owned by theNorwegian Railway Museum (NJM) atHamar , and since1998 GM-Gruppen has had a ten-year maintenance and operation agreement with NJM for the two trains.The association also has a number of passenger cars.
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