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The track in the foreground is the old Southern Pacific West Valley line between Davis and Tehama, California. It used to be busy carrying freight between the Pacific Northwest and the San Francisco Bay area. Until 1982, Amtrak's Coast Starlight operated over this trackage too. Today the line is leased from the Union Pacific by the Cali .. More |
GP38-2
Diesel-electric locomotive
| Family: | Dash 2 |
| Series: | GP38-2 |
| Build: | EMD, GMD 1972−1986 (2215) |
| Gauge: | 1435 mm |
| UIC axles: | Bo'Bo' |
| Length: | 18.03 m |
| Weight: | 120 t |
| Prime mover: | EMD 16-645E |
| Power output: | 1490 kW |
| Source: | en.wikipedia.org |
Career
 | ARZC GP38-2 | Arizona and California Railroad | 0 |
| BAP GP38-2 | Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway | 1 |
| BN GP38-2 | Burlington Northern | 10 |
| BNSF GP38-2 | BNSF Railway | 4 |
| BNSF GP38-2R | BNSF Railway | 2 |
| BPRR GP38-2 | Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad | 1 |
| BRC GP38-2 | Belt Railway of Chicago | 1 |
| CBFX GP38-2 | CITI Corp | 4 |
| CEFX GP38-2 | CIT Equipment Finance Corporation | 1 |
| CFNR GP38-2 | California Northern Railroad | 1 |
 | CN GP38-2 | Canadian National Railway | 2 |
| CNW GP38-2 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | 5 |
| CORP GP38-2 | Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad | 1 |
| CP GP38-2 | Canadian Pacific Railway | 5 |
| CR GP38-2 | Conrail: Consolidated Rail Corporation | 2 |
| CRIP GP38-2 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | 2 |
| CSS GP38-2 | Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad | 2 |
| CSXT GP38-2 | CSX Transportation | 13 |
| DH GP38-2 | Delaware and Hudson Railway | 1 |
| DRIR GP38-2 | Denver Rock Island Railroad | 1 |
| DRRV GP38-2 | Dover and Rockaway River Railroad Company, LLC | 2 |
| EMDX GP38-2 | EMD | 2 |
| ESPN GP38-2 | East Penn Railroad | 2 |
| FCX GP38-2 | Freeport McMoRan | 4 |
| FEC GP38-2 | Florida East Coast Railway | 1 |
| FGLK GP38-2 | Finger Lakes Railway | 2 |
| GLC GP38-2 | Great Lakes Central Railroad | 1 |
| GM&O GP38-2 | Gulf Mobile & Ohio | 0 |
| GM&O GP38-2 | Gulf Mobile & Ohio | 1 |
| GMTX GP38-2 | GATX Rail Locomotive Group (GMTX) | 7 |
| GREX GP38-2M | Georgetown Rail Equipment | 1 |
| GTW GP38-2 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | 1 |
| HLCX GP38-2 | Helm Leasing Company | 2 |
| IAIS GP38-2 | Iowa Interstate Railroad | 2 |
| IANR GP38-2 | Iowa Northern Railway | 4 |
| IC GP38-2 | Illinois Central Railroad | 1 |
| ICG GP38-2 | Illinois Central Gulf | 3 |
| IERR GP38-2 | Indiana Eastern Railroad | 1 |
| KCS GP38-2 | Kansas City Southern Railway | 9 |
| LLPX GP38-2 | Locomotive Leasing Partners | 2 |
| LTEX GP38-2 | LTEX Rail | 1 |
| MCER GP38-2 | Massachusetts Central Railroad | 1 |
| MILW GP38-2 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | 1 |
| MKT GP38-2 | Missouri-Kansas-Texas | 1 |
| MMID GP38-2 | Maryland Midland Railway | 1 |
| MMRR GP38-2 | Mid-Michigan Railroad | 1 |
| MP GP38-2 | Missouri Pacific | 4 |
| MQT GP38-2 | Marquette Rail | 4 |
| NS GP38-2 | Norfolk Southern Railway | 27 |
| ONT GP38-2 | Ontario Northland Railway | 1 |
| PRLX GP38-2 | Progress Rail | 1 |
| QGRY GP38-2 | Quebec Gatineau Railway | 1 |
| RBMN GP38-2 | Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad | 1 |
| RRVW GP38-2 | Red River Valley and Western Railroad | 1 |
| SBD GP38-2 | Seaboard System Railroad | 1 |
| SCL GP38-2 | Seaboard Coast Line Railroad | 1 |
| SJVR GP38-2 | San Joaquin Valley Railroad | 1 |
| SLSF GP38-2 | St. Louis & San Francisco Railway (Frisco) | 2 |
| SOO GP38-2 | Soo Line Railroad | 8 |
| SOU GP38-2 | Southern Railway | 2 |
| TPW GP38-2 | Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway | 1 |
| UP GP38-2 | Union Pacific Railroad | 12 |
| USSC GP38-2 | United States Sugar Corporation | 4 |
| VTR GP38-2 | Vermont Railway | 1 |
| WTJR GP38-2 | Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway | 1 |
| WW GP38-2 | Winchester and Western Railroad | 1 |
Pictures
Stories
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Red River Valley & Western (RRV&W) operated employee and public passenger excursions early June 2017 using Friends of the 261 passenger equipment. Milwaukee Road 261, 4-8-4 steam locomotive was down the morning of 3 June 2017 account a stay bolt damaged 2 June 2017. Repairs were made for the afternoon 3 June trip. Mattie was fishing the Red .. More |
Changed Mar 22, 2017 Report
