Geep
See also: geep
English
Etymology
From GP (general purpose locomotive), usually spelt with a capital G.
Noun
Geep (plural Geeps)
- (rail transport, informal) a nickname for the EMD GP series diesel locomotives.
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
- Norfolk & Western was a workhorse of another strain. It dieselized in theory if not in practice a couple of decades before the first Geep hit the property.
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
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