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The EMD GP40-2 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as part of its Dash 2 line between April 1972 and December 1986. The locomotive's power is provided by an EMD 645E3 16- cylinder engine which generates 3,000 horsepower (2.24 MW).
The GP40 is 3 feet (0.914 m) longer than its EMD 567D3A-engined predecessor, the GP35, and distinguished visually by its three 48-inch radiator fans at the rear of the long hood, while the GP35 has two large fans and a smaller one in between. It was built on a 55 ft (16.76 m) frame; the GP35 was built on a 52 ft (15.85 m) frame - as was the GP7 ...
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow-gauge line running south from Denver , Colorado , in 1870.
D&SNG, Durango, CO Operational. Was the first K-36 class to go to Silverton under its own power. CO-50 D&RGW 482 Steam 2-8-2 K-36: 1925 built D&SNG, Durango, CO Operational. Restored in 1992. Converted from a coal burner to an oil burner in 2021. CO-51 D&RGW 486 Steam 2-8-2 K-36: 1925 built by BLW D&SNG, Durango, CO Operational. Restored in ...
D&RGW 223 awaiting restoration in 2010. 2-6-2 Grant locomotive to China in 1887 for use by the Chinese Engineering & Mining Company. The namesake of the 2-8-0 Consolidation type was designed in 1866 by Alexander Mitchell, Master Mechanic of the Mahanoy Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Image N&W class Wheel arrangement Fleet number(s) Manufacturer Serial numbers Year made Quantity made Quantity preserved Year(s) withdrawn Comments Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives
Originally, D&RGW #475. Purchased by the U.S. Army in 1942 for use on the WP&YR. Retired and shipped to Auburn, Washington in 1944. Scrapped in 1946. [9] [59] USA 255 American Locomotive Co. 2-8-2. 27,540 lbf (122.5 kN) September 1923 64988 Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R. Class K-28. Originally, D&RGW#477. Purchased by the U.S. Army in 1942 ...
On October 13, 1988, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (including its subsidiary, St. Louis Southwestern Railway) was taken over by Rio Grande Industries, the parent company that controlled the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting marks D&RGW). Rio Grande Industries did not merge the Southern Pacific Transportation ...