EMD SD40-2
Original owners

EMD SD40-2

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American SD40-2 orders

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	187	5020-5192, 5200-5213	Most now in service with BNSF Railway

Burlington Northern Railroad	835	C&S 900-925 (later renumbered BN 6348-6373), C&S 980 (BN 6850) Locotrol master, C&S 996 (BN 6950) Locotrol remote, 6325-6334, 6348-6373, 6376-6385, 6700-6836, 6840-6847, 6850-6851, 6900-6928, 6950, 7000-7291, 7800-7940, 8000-8181	Most now in service with BNSF Railway. 7167-7205, 7206-7235, & 8074-8089 were the only SD40-2s built by General Motors Diesel as exports to the United States, when EMD LaGrange IL plant was overloaded with orders.

Colorado and Southern Railway	27	900-925 980-996	All of them went to BN, renumbered 6348-6373 6850-6950

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad	20	7600-7619	Now in service with CSX Transportation

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad	55	7450-7454, 7455-7457, 7460-7469, 7458-7459, 7475-7481, 7460-7469, 7501-7506, 7507-7526, 7527-7536	Now in service with CSX Transportation

Chicago and North Western Railway	135	6801-6935	Most now in service with Union Pacific Railroad, 6847 donated and restored at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Conrail	167	6358-6524	Equipped with flexicoil trucks. Now renumbered and in service with CSX, Norfolk Southern, or leasing firms

Clinchfield Railroad	5	8127-8129, 8131-8132	Family Lines Paint, to Seaboard System, now in service with CSX Transportation

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad	4	6030-6033	6031 was converted into 6200, 6033 was destroyed in a collision in Flora, Mississippi on February 6, 1994

Kansas City Southern Railway	46	637-692	#637 was the very first SD40-2 constructed in January 1972.

Louisville and Nashville Railroad	191	1259–1278, 3554-3612, 8000-8039, 8067-8086, 8095-8126, 8133-8162	8000s units delivered in Family Lines paint; all to Seaboard System, now in service with CSX Transportation.

Milwaukee Road	90	21-30, 171-209, 3000-3040	Now in service among several various railroads. #124 was exported to Guinea.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad	37	600-636	Order based on Burlington Northern specifications for Pooling Service.

Missouri Pacific Railroad	306	790-838, 3139-3321, 6020-6073	790-838 & 3139-3321 lack dynamic brakes. 6020-6073 were based on Burlington Northern specifications for Pooling Services.

Oneida and Western Railroad	8	9950-9957	Not an actual railroad - purchased on Louisville & Nashville specifications. Later became BC Rail 743-750, 749 is now GECX 749

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	10	4790-4799	Later became Illinois Central Gulf 6040-6049. Six are in service with Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad	36	8040-8066, 8087-8094, 8130	Delivered in Family Lines Paint, to Seaboard System, now in service with CSX Transportation

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway	8	950-957	Merged in Burlington Northern in 1980, numbered BN 6840-6847, same numbers in BNSF. Now in service with the BNSF Railway

Soo Line Railroad	57	757-789, 6600-6623	Most now in service with the Canadian Pacific Railway. #6623 is the last SD40-2 built in the United States in July 1984.

Southern Railway	128	3201-3328	Some sold to Canadian Pacific Railway. All other units rebuilt with low short hood; now in service with Norfolk Southern Railway.

Union Pacific Railroad	686	3123-3239, 3243-3304, 3335-3399, 3410-3583, 3609-3808, 8000-8002, 8035-8099	Several have been renumbered and others retired to leasers. 3200-3410 delivered with snoot noses.

Southern Pacific Railroad	229	8230-8299, 8300-8329, 8327-8341, 8350-8371, 8377-8391, 8489-8573	Model EMD SD40T-2. #8278 got destroyed and scrapped in the San Bernardino train disaster.

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad	73	5341-5413	Model EMD SD40T-2. To Union Pacific, retired.

St. Louis Southwestern Railway	10	8322-8326, 8372-8376	Model EMD SD40T-2

Canadian SD40-2 orders

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes

Algoma Central Railway	6	183-188	Units became WC 6000-6006 after the Wisconsin Central took over the Algoma Central. Now in service with Canadian National Railway.

British Columbia Railway	17	751-767	Purchased after complications arose from safety concerns on a recent order of MLW M630Ws. #767 is the last SD40-2 built in Canada in July 1985.

Canadian Pacific Railway	486	5500-5560, 5565-5879, 5900-6069 9000-9024	Units 9000-9024 are GMD SD40-2F.

Canadian National Railway	123	5241-5363	These units had the Canadian Safety Cab with 4 windows and were classified as SD40-2W

Ontario Northland Railway	8	1730–1737	These are the only SD40-2s built by GMD London without dynamic brakes.

Quebec, North Shore and Labrador Railway	44	221-264	Four engines now serve the short-line Wellsboro & Corning Railroad in northern Pennsylvania, hauling sand cars to support Marcellus shale hydraulic fracturing in the region.

Export SD40-2 orders

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes

Chemin de Fer Boké (Guinea)	3	107-109	Meter gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)

Estrada de Ferro Carajás (Brazil)	29	401-429	Constructed by Equipamentos Villares S.A. (EVSA) and built to Irish Gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) specifications.

Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste (Mexico)	4	601-604	The only SD40-2s in México without dynamic brakes.

NdeM (Mexico)	103	8700-8798, 13001-13004	#13004 is the last SD40-2 built for México in February 1986.

RFFSA (Brazil)	36	3711-3747	The only SD40-2s constructed in Europe for a Brazilian customer in Irish Gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) by Material y Construcciones S.A.

Mauritania Railway	21	CC101-CC121	SDL40-2 variant for operating in high temperatures.

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CP numbered 9000-9024.

final_sentence: CP numbered 9000-9024.