The EMD SD38-2 is a model of six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1972 to 1979. EMD built 90 of these medium road-switchers, 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. The locomotive's power was provided by an EMD 16-645E 16-cylinder engine, which could generate . These units were constructed with either fuel tanks and were available with or without dynamic brakes. It shared the same frame as the SD40-2 and SD45-2, which gives it a length over couplers of .
Original owners Railroad Quantity Road numbers NotesBC Hydro3382-384Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad13870-879, 890-892Unit no. 878 preservedChicago and Illinois Midland Railway670-75Chicago and North Western Transportation Company106650-6659Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway5209-213Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway13656-668210-11Export to Brazil, gaugeLouisville and Nashville Railroad54500-4504McCloud River Railroad139Northern Alberta Railway4401-404Built by GMDDOrinoco Mining Company51028–1032Export, VenezuelaReserve Mining91237–1245St. Louis–San Francisco Railway4296-299Southern Pacific Transportation Company62971–2976United States Steel11Yankeetown Dock320-22Totals 90
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See also List of GM-EMD locomotives List of GMD Locomotives
References
GATX Rail Locomotive Group. SD38-2 specification page. Retrieved on June 23, 2005. Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38-2 Original Owners EMD SD38-2 general arrangement drawing (Spec. 8086 07/75) and clearance diagram (04/72), Robb Fisher, RFDI.
External links
Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38-2 Original Owners