SD40-2

Diesel-electric locomotive
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Family: Dash 2
Series: SD40-2
Build: EMD, GMD 1972−1989 (3982)
Top speed: 110 km/h
Gauge: 1435 mm
UIC axles: Co'Co'
Length: 20.98 m
Width: 3.13 m
Height: 4.75 m
Weight: 170 t
Prime mover: EMD 16-645E3
Power output: 2240 kW
Source: en.wikipedia.org


Career
flag@private-us SD40-2Private owners group2
flagARZC SD40-2Arizona and California Railroad2
flagATSF SD40-2Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway32
flagAWRR SD40-2Austin Western Railroad1
flagBN SD40-2Burlington Northern64
flagBNSF SD40-2BNSF Railway20
flagBPRR SD40-2Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad1
flagCEFX SD40-2CIT Equipment Finance Corporation2
flagCEFX SD40M-2CIT Equipment Finance Corporation3
flagCEMEX SD40-2CEMEX1
flagCITX SD40-2CIT Equipment Finance Corporation7
flagCNW SD40-2Chicago and North Western Transportation Company18
flagCP SD40-2Canadian Pacific Railway31
flagCR SD40-2Conrail: Consolidated Rail Corporation5
flagCRIP SD40-2Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad2
flagCSXT SD40-2CSX Transportation17
flagDAIR SD40-2D and I Railroad1
flagDCR SD40-2Delmarva Central Railroad2
flagDME SD40-3Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad3
flagEFC SD40-2Estrada de Ferro Carajás0
flagFCCA SD40-2Ferrocarril Central Andino1
flagFEC SD40-2Florida East Coast Railway5
flagFURX SD40-2First Union Rail1
flagFWWR SD40-2Fort Worth and Western Railroad0
flagFXE SD40-2FerromexFerrocarril Mexicano1
flagGLLX SD40-2Great Lakes Locomotive1
flagGSCX SD40-2General American Marks Company1
flagHLCX SD40-2Helm Leasing Company3
flagICE SD40-2Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad8
flagINRD SD40-2Indiana Rail Road1
flagIORY SD40-2Indiana and Ohio Railway1
flagISRR SD40-2Indiana Southern Railroad3
flagISRR SD40-2Indiana Southern Railroad0
flagJLCX SD40-2564109 B.C.1
flagKCS SD40-2Kansas City Southern Railway17
flagL&N SD40-2Louisville and Nashville Railroad2
flagMILW SD40-2Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad12
flagMKT SD40-2Missouri-Kansas-Texas5
flagMMID SD40-2Maryland Midland Railway4
flagMMID SD40M-2Maryland Midland Railway1
flagMNA SD40-2Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad1
flagMP SD40-2Missouri Pacific15
flagMRL SD40-2Montana Rail Link1
flagMSE SD40-2Mississippi Export Railroad1
flagNECR SD40-2New England Central Railroad1
flagNS SD40-2Norfolk Southern Railway15
flagNW SD40-2Norfolk and Western Railway10
flagNYSW SD40-2New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway2
flagOVR SD40-2Ottawa Valley Railway0
flagOVR SD40-2Ottawa Valley Railway1
flagOWTX SD40-2Oneida and Western Railroad1
flagPAR SD40-2Pan Am Railways1
flagPVJR SD40-2Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad1
flagQNSL SD40-2Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway1
flagRBMN SD40-2Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad4
flagRCPE SD40-2Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad2
flagRJCP SD40-2R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines2
flagRRC SD40-2RESPONDEK RAILROAD CORPORATIONRESPONDEK RAILROAD CORPORATION1
flagSBD SD40-2Seaboard System Railroad2
flagSOO SD40-2Soo Line Railroad5
flagSOU SD40-2Southern Railway3
flagSRR SD40-2Swan Ranch Railroad1
flagTRC SD40-2Trona Railway2
flagUP SD40-2Union Pacific Railroad68
flagUP SD40NUnion Pacific Railroad18
flagUPY SD40NUnion Pacific Yard4
flagWE SD40-2Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway5
flagWRIX SD40-2Western Rail Inc.1
flagWSOR SD40-2Wisconsin and Southern Railroad2


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 Searles - a place in the middle of nowhere at California's Mojave Desert. There is only one thing there - a railroad junction. Nothing else, not even one building. Only railroad junction and desert. Searles in located on Union Pacific's Lone Pine subdivision, a branch line originating from the town of Mojave and once reached all the wa ..  More
avatar Though it can hardly be appreciated with this image, the former Southern Railway bridge over the New River stands at 389 feet above water level and is the tallest railroad bridge in the state of Tennessee. It is 1068 feet in length, built in 1963 during a major realignment of the Cincinnati Southern's "Rathole Division" whereby a number of ..  More
avatar In the US, diesel locomotive speed controls have eight notches (plus idle) to which the throttle handle may be set. The highest, Notch 8, is often referred to as the Company Notch, since it results in getting the freight over the road more quickly and therefore makes customers, management and shareholders happy. The engineer operating the 5122 ..  More
avatar Coal trains in this era were usually about 100-105 cars built with steel - about one mile long. When aluminum cars began operation in the 90's, train lengths grew to 125-130 cars or more because of the tare weight savings.
avatar Newly built Swan Ranch Railroad serves huge industrial park southwest of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad connect to new (2013) industrial development. WAMX 4200 wears sharp Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) logo of cowboy on bucking bronco. Logo appears on water tower above Wisconsin & Southern 4050.
avatar Broadway was one of the last two manned interlocking towers in western Missouri at the time (the other tower being just across the Missouri River from here: BN's Ustick tower). With mergers and technological improvements, however, both towers became obsolete and were replaced by centralized dispatcher coverage from other cities; UP in Omah ..  More
avatar The number on the block signal refers to mileage from Omaha, Nebraska, the beginning of the division. The actual number is 165.4, but the decimal point is either not visible or not there at all. On this particular day, clouds had covered the whole region most of the day, but cleared off in the late afternoon. Heading out west from Grand Island ..  More
avatar Both railroads which had commonly ordered their power with high short hoods are shown here. This was done so that the long hood end could be designated as the front of the locomotive, thus providing the crew with some added structural protection in the event of a wreck or grade crossing accident. It was an extra-cost option, and at some point  ..  More
avatar No pushers here, but since this was during years when fuel was much cheaper, I sort of recall that all the units were working. It was not a long train, though - but it was a high-priority HPS (Houston-Portland-Seattle) run, and had some extra power added at Amarillo which needed to go up to Denver. Also, this was before distributed power was u ..  More
avatar With dynamic brakes howling, BN 7259 and four GE motors work their way down through the sharp curves of Crawford Hill when it was still single track. Even at this time, grading was being done to create a double track route through a short but tough mountain obstacle to the movement of Wyoming coal. On this day, it was hot, dry and dusty, and t ..  More




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