From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia EMD SD38-2
EMD SD38-2
EMD SD38-2 which were used in both yard and mainline roles. Part of
the EMD Dash 2 line, the SD38-2 was an upgraded SD38
with modular electronic control systems, HT-C trucks,
and many other detail improvements. Power was provid-
ed by an EMD 16-645E 16-cylinder engine, which could
generate 2000 horsepower (1,500 kilowatts). These units
were constructed with either 3200 or 4000 U.S. gallons
(12,100 L or 15,100 L) fuel tanks and were available with
or without dynamic brakes. It shared the same
64-foot-8-inch (19.71 m) frame as the SD40-2 and SD45-2,
which gives it a length over couplers of 68 feet 10 inches
LLPX 2808 in February 2005 (20.98 m).
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Additional specifications
(EMD), General Motors Diesel, Canada
Main generator: AR10E1-D14 generator-alternator
Build date 1972 – 1979 Traction motors: 6 × D77/78 DC
Total 88 Standard gearing: 62:15
produced
AAR wheel
arr.
C-C
Original owners
Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
References
Driver 3 ft 4 in (1.02 m)
diameter • Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s
Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing
Wheelbase 43 ft 3.5 in (13.195 m) between bolsters; 13 ft
Company. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
7 in (4.14 m) in each truck
• GATX Rail Locomotive Group. SD38-2 specification
Length 68 ft 10 in (20.98 m) page. Retrieved on June 23, 2005.
Width 10 ft 3.125 in (3.13 m) over handrail supports • Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38-2 Original Owners
• EMD SD38-2 general arrangement drawing (Spec.
Height 15 ft 7.25 in (4.75 m) over cooling fan guard 8086 07/75) and clearance diagram (04/72), Robb
Locomotive 368,000 lb (166 t) Fisher, RFDI.
weight
Fuel 3,200 or 4,000 U.S. gallons (12,100 L or 15,100 See also
capacity L)
• List of GM-EMD locomotives
Prime EMD 16-645E • List of GMD Locomotives
mover
Aspiration Roots-blown
External links
Cylinders V16 • Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38-2 Original Owners
Power 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
output
Locale North America, South America
An EMD SD38-2 is a six-axle diesel locomotive built by
General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1972
to 1979. EMD built 83 of these medium road-switchers,
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia EMD SD38-2
Railroad Quantity Road Notes
numbers
BC Hydro 3 382-384 To Southern Railway of British Columbia, same numbers
Bessemer 13 870-879, 870, 872, 876, 879 and 890 to Union RR, 50-54 (?/01); to EJ&E, 671-675 (11/01); 873
and Lake 890-892 to LTEX, 873 (stored as of late ’06); 877 to EJ&E, 670 (3/01); 891 to EJ&E, 669 (?/81);
Erie Rail- 892 to DM&IR, 215 (3/86); 871, 874, 875 all scrapped due to wrecks in the 1980s.
road 878 remains on B&LE rails as the last SD38-2 on the roster, as of 5-01-07.
Chicago and 6 70-75 To Union Pacific Railroad, 2800-2805; to UPY, 800-805
Illinois Mid-
land Rail-
way
Chicago and 10 6650-6659 To Union Pacific, 2806-2815; to UPY, 806-815
North
Western
Railway
Duluth, 5 209-213
Missabe and
Iron Range
Railway
Elgin, Joliet 13 656-668 All units still active, some upgraded to Dash 3 specs.
and Eastern
Railway
Jari Railway 2 10-11 Export, Brazil
Louisville 5 4500-4504 To Seaboard System Railroad, 4500-4504; to CSX Transportation, 2450-2454
and
Nashville
Railroad
McCloud 1 39 To Union Pacific, 2824; to UPY, 824 (yard service in Los Angeles)
River Rail-
road
Northern 4 401-404 Built by GMDD; to Canadian National Railway, 5700-5703; renumbered 1650-1653
Alberta
Railway
Orinoco 5 1028-1032 Export, Venezuela
Mining
Company
Reserve 9 1237-1245 To GATX, same numbers; to LLPX, 2801-2809; 2802, 2805, 2807 and 2809 to Iowa
Mining Interstate Railroad, 150-155
St. Louis - 4 296-299 To Burlington Northern Railroad, 6260-6263; to BNSF Railway, same numbers
San Francis-
co Railway
Southern 6 2971-2976 To Union Pacific, 2830-2835; to UPY, 830-835
Pacific Rail-
road
United 1 1 To Cyprus-Amax, same number
States Steel
Yankeetown 3 20-22 22 to Cyprus-Amax, same number
Dock
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