EMD SD38-2
EMD SD38-2
LLPX 2808 in February 2005 |
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Performance figures |
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Power output |
2,000 hp (1,500 kW) |
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The EMD SD38-2 is a six-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1972 to 1979. EMD built 83 of these medium road-switchers, which were used in both yard and mainline roles. Part of the EMD Dash 2 line, the SD38-2 was an upgraded SD38 with modular electronic control systems, HT-C trucks, and many other detail improvements. The locomotive's power was provided by an EMD 16-645E 16-cylinder engine, which could generate 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kilowatts). These units were constructed with either 3,200 or 4,000 US gal (12,000 or 15,000 L; 2,700 or 3,300 imp gal) fuel tanks and were available with or without dynamic brakes. It shared the same 64-foot-8-inch (19.71 m) frame as the SD40-2 and SD45-2, which gives it a length over couplers of 68 feet 10 inches (20.98 m).
Additional specifications
Main generator: |
AR10E1-D14 generator-alternator |
Traction motors: |
6 × D77/78 DC |
Standard gearing: |
62:15 |
Original owners
Railroad |
Quantity |
Road numbers |
Notes |
BC Hydro |
3 |
382-384 |
To Southern Railway of British Columbia, same numbers |
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad |
13 |
870-879, 890-892 |
870, 872, 876, 879 and 890 to Union RR, 50-54 (?/01); to EJ&E, 671-675 (11/01); 873 to LTEX, 873 (stored as of late '06); 877 to EJ&E, 670 (3/01); 891 to EJ&E, 669 (?/81); 892 to DM&IR, 215 (3/86); 871, 874, 875 all scrapped due to wrecks in the 1980s. 878 remains on B&LE rails as the last SD38-2 on the roster, as of 5-01-07. |
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway |
6 |
70-75 |
To Union Pacific Railroad, 2800–2805; to UPY, 800-805 |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
10 |
6650-6659 |
To Union Pacific, 2806–2815; to UPY, 806-815 |
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway |
5 |
209-213 |
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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway |
13 |
656-668 |
All units still active under Canadian National ownership, some upgraded to Dash 3 specs. 658,668,664,666 To CN 658,668,664,666 |
Jari Railway |
2 |
10-11 |
Export, Brazil 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad |
5 |
4500-4504 |
To Seaboard System Railroad, 4500-4504; to CSX Transportation, 2450–2454 |
McCloud River Railroad |
1 |
39 |
To Union Pacific, 2824; to UPY, 824 (yard service in Los Angeles) |
Northern Alberta Railway |
4 |
401-404 |
Built by GMDD; to Canadian National Railway, 5700-5703; renumbered 1650-1653 |
Orinoco Mining Company |
5 |
1028–1032 |
Export, Venezuela |
Reserve Mining |
9 |
1237–1245 |
To GATX, same numbers; to LLPX, 2808 still with LLPX; 2801–2809 to Iowa Interstate Railroad, 150-157. Most to South Shore Line, same numbers |
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway |
4 |
296-299 |
To Burlington Northern Railroad, 6260-6263; to BNSF Railway, same numbers |
Southern Pacific Railroad |
6 |
2971–2976 |
To Union Pacific, 2830–2835; to UPY, 830-835 |
United States Steel |
1 |
1 |
To Cyprus-Amax, same number |
Yankeetown Dock |
3 |
20-22 |
22 to Cyprus-Amax, same number |
See also
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