EMD SD38
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The 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad | 3 | 861-863 | |
| 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 | Still in service by MCR as of December 2005, Builder No. 34880-34882 |
| Orinoco Mining Company | 7 | 1021–1027 | Venezuela |
| Penn Central | 35 | 6925-6959 | All went to Conrail with same #'s. When Conrail broke up, 21 went to Norfolk Southern (Some rebuilt to slugs, rest retired), 13 to CSX (All but two retired), and 1 to the Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railway (Operational). |
| RFFSA (Brazil) | 45 | 3601-3645 | SD38M - 34 units in service |
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 Railways.
References
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter’s Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.
- Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38, SD38AC, and SDP38 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006
External links
- Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38, SD38AC, and SDP38 Original Owners