The EMD SD40 is a model of 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. I
Southern Pacific 7342, an SD40R, in 1980
GMD SD40 KCSM 3029 in Caltzonzin Station
GTW/CN #5945, a former GMD-built CN SD40, rebuilt to SD40-3 standards.
Last Mountain Railway SD40-3 at Aylesbury, Saskatchewan
The EMD SD40-2 is a 3,000-horsepower C-C diesel–electric locomotive built by EMD from 1972 to 1997.
EMD SD40
…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. Like its predecessor in EMD's catalog, the SD35, the SD40 is a high-horsepower, six-axle freight locomotive. The SD40 is a member of EMD's long-running…
Montana Rail Link EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive 250 at Everett, Washington, United States, January 1994
NS 3204, an example of a SD40-2 built with a high short hood
NS 3408, which rides on Flexicoil C trucks
Ohio Central Railroad System 5855 was built with an extended rear deck