EMD SD38
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Power output | 2,000 hp (1.5 MW) |
The EMD SD38 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between May 1967 and October 1971. It had an EMD 645 16-cylinder engine generating 2,000 horsepower (1.5 MW), compared to the turbocharged EMD 645E3 V-16 engine that produced 3000 horsepower. Aside from the 3-axle trucks and a longer frame to accommodate them, the SD38 was identical to the GP38; the SD38 had the same frame as the SD39, SD40 and SD45. 52 were built for American railroads, one was built for a Canadian railroad, four were exported to a mining firm in Jamaica and seven were exported to a mining firm in Venezuela. The SD38 was succeeded by a Dash 2 version called the EMD SD38-2.
Original owners
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad | 3 | 861-863 | 862 was sold to DMIR. Later was bought back by BLE. Still is a SD38 and is the only one of its kind of CNs roster. |
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad | 5 | 250-254 | To Grand Trunk Western 6250-6254; 253 and 254 still in service as Reading and Northern Railroad Nos. 2003 and 2004 |
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway | 6 | 650-655 | 650 sold to CITI Rail in 2011, 654 sold to Hartwell railroad in 2011, 651–653, and 655 sold to DMIR in 1992/1993. |
Kaiser Bauxite | 4 | 5101-5104 | Jamaica/Now called Noranda Bauxite Limited (NBL) |
McCloud River Railroad | 3 | 36-38 | 36 & 38 on MCR property as of July 2017, 37 Now On Dakota Southern Railway |
Orinoco Mining Company | 7 | 1021–1027 | Venezuela |
Penn Central | 35 | 6925-6959 | All went to Conrail with same #'s. 21 to Norfolk Southern, 13 to CSX |
RFFSA (Brazil) | 45 | 3601-3645 | SD38M - 34 units in service |
Totals | 108 |
An M version of SD38 was built for the Brazil Federal Railways (RFFSA - Rede Ferroviária Federal S. A.).
Forty of a passenger version, the SDP38, were built for the Korean National Railroad in May-July 1967. The units were numbered 6351–6390. It was later changed to 6201-6240.
References
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
- Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38, SD38AC, and SDP38 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006
External links
- EMD#SD38, SD38AC, SDP38 Original Owners by Robert Sarberenyi
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