Southern Pacific No. 8278

Southern Pacific No. 8278 was an EMD SD40T-2 that was built by the Electro-Motive Division for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1980.
== History ==
Southern Pacific No. 8278 was manufactured in 1980 by the Electro-Motive Division and it arrived on the Southern Pacific Railroad that same year in 1980.
On May 12th, 1989, Southern Pacific No. 8278 was borrowed out of Mojave Yard to become the new leader of Southern Pacific MJLBPI-11 (extra 7551-east) when it along with SD45Rs #7551 and #7549 as well as SD45T-2 #9340 were destroyed in the 1989 Cajon Pass Runaway when they crashed along Duffy Street. Southern Pacific No. 8278, SD45Rs #7551 and #7549 and SD45T-2 #9340 were all damaged beyond repair and scrapped.
Category:Standard gauge locomotives
Category:United States
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Category:American locomotives
Category:Diesel locomotives
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Category:Southern Pacific locomotives
Category:EMD SD40T-2
Category:Locomotives
Category:American diesel locomotives
Category:Built in 1980
Category:Scrapped diesel locomotives
Category:Scrapped locomotives
Category:EMD locomotives
Category:4 foot 8 1⁄2 inch gauge
Category:Scrapped in 1989
Category:Locomotives Involved in Rail Disasters