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The EMD SD40 is an American 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and August 1972. 1,268 locomotives were built between 1966 and 1972. In 1972, an improved version with new electronics was developed and marketed as a new locomotive, the SD40-2 .
The locomotives were GP38-2s, GP40-2s and GP40-2Ls, and SD40-2s. To denote the comfort cab locomotives, a "W" was often applied at the end of the model name (i.e. GP38-2W, GP40-2W, SD40-2W), although this was not an official designation. The Montreal Locomotive Works also offered a competitive cab design on their M-420 and M-630(W) models. EMD ...
The GMD SD40-2(W) is a Canadian-market version of the SD40-2 diesel–electric locomotive, built for the Canadian National Railway (CN) by the Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada Ltd. (formerly General Motors Diesel) of London, Ontario; 123 were constructed between May 1975 and December 1980.
3 Passenger cab units (E) ... The SC and SW switchers were the first locomotives produced in EMC's new factory after its completion in 1936. ... SD40: 1966–1972: ...
It was finally halted by a railroad crew in a catch locomotive, which caught up with the runaway train and coupled their locomotive to the rear car. [3] As of 2024, the locomotive is still in service, having been rebuilt and upgraded into an SD40-3 as part of a refurbishment program carried out by CSX in 2015, although its number is now #4389. [4]
Cab used for RB&N 3054 [46] 847008-41 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 5040 December 1984 Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBM&N) October 31, 2000 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania 2001 [46]
UP 2010: a GE ES44AC locomotive that was painted to honor the Boy Scouts of America's 100th Anniversary. The locomotive has since been repainted in standard Union Pacific livery, but retains its original number. UP 3300: an EMD SD40-2 locomotive that was painted in a red, white and blue paint scheme to publicize the 1994 United Way campaign ...
The rest of the fleet were rebuilt as SD40-2R locomotives, during which their dynamic brakes were uninstalled and the locomotive cabs modified. Illinois Central's successor Canadian National Railway retired its remaining SD40As for scrapping in 2010. Locomotives 6009 and 6014 were acquired by Indiana Boxcar Corporation. [1]