Think of the GMD-1 as the Canadian prairie locomotive. With a legacy stretching six decades the EMD GMD-1 (General Motors Diesel of Canada) was a locomotive model that was used exclusively in Canada by the Canadian National and the Northern Alberta Railways. Out of the 101 GMD-1 units built, the last was retired by CN in 2021 but will stay in service on Ontario’s Waterloo Central Railway. Portland, Oregon-based Oregon Pacific Railroad received Canadian National GMD-1 No. Other surviving GMD-1 units include one with Oregon Pacific, two with the Waterloo Central, 20 to Cuba, and three for Cando Rail Services in Canada.