GE Dash 8-40B
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The GE Dash 8-40B (or B40-8) is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1988 and 1989. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.
A total of 150 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads.
The GE Dash 8-40BW (B40-8W) is a variant fitted with a full-width cab. Another variant is the GE Dash 8-40BP, more commonly known as the Genesis series. The locomotives in the Genesis series are the P40DC, the P42DC, and the P32ACDM.
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers |
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 40 | 7410-7449 |
Conrail | 30 | 5060-5089 |
General Electric | 1 | 8002 |
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | 24 | 4002-4048 (even nos.) |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | 54 | 8040-8093 |
United States Department of Energy (Savannah River Site) | 1 | 107 |
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BNSF B40-8 no. 577 at Havelock, Nebraska, in October 2014. As of 2015, this is the only active Dash 8 in ATSF blue and yellow paint on the BNSF system.
Preservation
In July 2014, Union Pacific #1848, formerly St. Louis Southwestern 8049, was donated by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Illinois Railway Museum.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Schmidt, Brian (2014-07-11). "UP donates B40-8 to Illinois Railway Museum". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. Retrieved 2014-07-12. (subscription required (help)).
- McDonnell, Greg (2008). Locomotives: The Modern Diesel and Electric Reference. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press. ISBN 978-1550464931.
- Solomon, Brian (2003). GE Locomotives: 110 Years of General Electric Motive Power. St. Paul, MN, USA: MBI Publishing. ISBN 9780760313619.
- Solomon, Brian (2010). Modern Locomotives: High Horsepower Diesels 1966–2000. New York: Crestline. ISBN 978-0785826811.
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