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{{Short description|Diesel electric locomotive}}
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name = EMD GM GT18LC-2
| powertype = Diesel
| image = GT18LC2.jpg
| caption = Class 25 (EMD GT18LC-2) at Kuala Lumpur Station
| builder = [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1m|lk=on}}
| aarwheels = C-C
| cylindercount = [[V8 engine|V8]]
| primemover = [[EMD 645|EMD 8-645E3C]]
| builddate = 1970-2001
| totalproduction = 87
| locale = Export
| poweroutput = {{convert|1500|hp|MW|2|lk=on|abbr=on}}
| maxspeed = {{convert|107|km/h|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}
| locoweight = 
| tractiveeffort = {{convert|438|kN|lbf|lk=on|abbr=on}}
| length = 
| enginetype = 2-stroke diesel
| aspiration = [[Turbocharger]]
| cylindersize = 
| displacement = 
| transmission = DC traction motor
| locobrakes = Straight air
| trainbrakes = Straight air
| buildmodel = GM GT18LC-2
}}

The '''EMD GM GT18LC-2''' [[Diesel locomotive|diesel electric locomotive]] was introduced by [[Electro-Motive Diesel]] as an export model switcher in the 1970s. The prototype model spent its life at the [[General Motors]] plant in [[London, Ontario]], and inspired sales to [[Egypt]] (which then canceled their order) and later [[Malaysia]]'s [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] (KTM) in 1980 where it was designated '''KTM Class 25'''. KTM had been facing a shortage of shunters at that time. The prototype was eventually sold with another eleven more units to KTM in 1990 and after seeing the locomotives' reliability, placed a second order of five locomotives which arrived in 2002. [[Bangladesh Railway]] is the largest user of the class with 55 locomotives built by [[General Motors Diesel]] and [[Hyundai Rotem]] as [[Bangladesh Railway Class 2600|Class 2600]] and [[Bangladesh Railway Class 2900|Class 2900]], respectively.

During KTM's second order of the GT18LC-2, [[Ghana Railway Corporation|Ghana Railway]] also placed an order for 14 locomotives of the same model which arrived in 1996.

==Original Owners==
<br>
{| class="wikitable"
! Railroad
! Quantity
! Works No.
! Local Designation
! Numbers
! Notes
|-align="center"
|[[General Motors]]
|1
|
|
|GT18LC-2
|Sold
|-align="center"
|[[Bangladesh Railway]]
|16
|
|[[Bangladesh Railway Class 2600|Class 2600]]
|2601-2616
| All in active service.
|-
|-align="center"
|[[Bangladesh Railway]]
|39
|
|
[[Bangladesh Railway Class 2900|Class 2900]]
|2901-2939
| All in active service.
|-
|-align="center"
|[[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]]
|12
|
|Class 25/1
|25101-25112
|Delivered 1990, All in active service.
|-align="center"
|[[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]]
|5
|
|Class 25/2
|25201-25205
|Delivered 2002, All in active service.
|-
|-align="center"
|[[Ghana Railway Company Limited|Ghana Railway]]
|14
|928803
|Class 16xx
|1670-1683
|Delivered 1996, All in active service.
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{EMD misc}}{{Rail transport in Malaysia}}
[[Category:Electro-Motive Division locomotives|G18TLC-2]]
[[Category:C-C locomotives]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of Malaysia]]
[[Category:Diesel–electric locomotives of Ghana]]
[[Category:Metre-gauge diesel locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1970]]