List of preserved EMD SD40-series locomotives

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This is a summary, listing every diesel locomotive from the SD40-series in preservation. This list includes the models SD40, SDP40, SD40A, SD40-2, SDP40F, SD40T-2, SD40-2W, SD40-2S.

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SD40 (EMD)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
29025Illinois Central 6071July 1964SD40-2R2009On static display at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois [1]
31556Southern Pacific 7362May 1966SD40RJune 29, 1998On static display at Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, Nebraska
32043Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 5007April 1966SD40u- Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California
32044Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 50082009On static display at Marceline, Missouri [2] [3] [4]
WM 7471 Frostburg.jpg 32135Western Maryland 7471August 1966SD40-Operational, Owned by Precision Locomotive Leasing (PNLX)
34105CSX 4621August 1966-Stored at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland Privately owned, to be restored to original Western Maryland livery and number.
34759Louisville and Nashville 1230April 1969-Under ownership of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee [5]
37211Chesapeake and Ohio 7534March 19712017On static display at the C&O Historical Society in Clifton Forge, Virginia [6]
38931Progress Rail 3066November 19712013On static display at the Coastal Pines Technical College in Waycross, Georgia

SD40 (GMD)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Canadian Pacific Railway SD40 locomotive No. 5500 at the Revelstoke Railway Museum - July 2013.jpg A2133Canadian Pacific 5500July 1966SD40 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)2001On static display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum in Revelstoke, British Columbia CP class DRF-30a [7]
A2594Canadian National 5232November 1971-Under ownership of the Vintage Locomotive Society in Winnipeg, Manitoba

SDP40

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Great Northern 325.jpg 31597Great Northern 325May 1966May 2009Operational at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota [8] [9] [10]

SD40A

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Illinois Central 6014 (SD40A) & 6044 (SD40-2) (10565824063).jpg 34947Illinois Central 6014May 1966-Undergoing restoration to operating condition by Railexco in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. [11]

SD40-2 (EMD)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
BUGX 156 at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 5, 2024.png 7396-27BUGX 156August 1972SD40-2August 1987Stored at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to be restored into its "Bicentennial" attire by Dieselmotive Company, Inc. (BUGX)MILW class 30-ERS-6 [12] [13]
CNW SD40-2 -6847 (2).jpg 74609-32Chicago and North Western 6847March 1974December 2008Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [14] [15]
776086-24Norfolk and Western 6162May 1978June 2020Operational at the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation in Ravenna, Kentucky Repainted to its original livery in 2023. [16] [17]
Ucmc1019371.jpg 786181-8Union Pacific 3105June 1979SD40-2CDecember 2013On static display at the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California SD40-2C [15] [18]
Union Pacific No. 9950 At The Western America Railroad Museum - October 2014.jpg 786269-9Union Pacific 9950April 1980SD40-2August 22, 2001On static display at the Western America Railroad Museum at Barstow, California [15] [19]

SD40-2 (GMD)

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
CP 5903 from Newtonville Road, ON in September 1982 (35120622611).jpg A3670Canadian Pacific 5903December 1978SD40-2 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)2018On static display at ExpoRail in Saint-Constant, Quebec CP class DRF-30s [20]

SDP40F

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateModelFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Former Amtrak No. 644 Just Passing Through Hillsboro, Oregon - April 2007.jpg 74611-65BNSF 6976October 1974SDP40FOperational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [21] [22] [23]

SD40T-2

PhotographSerial no.LocomotiveBuild dateFormer operatorsRetire dateDisposition and locationNotesReferences
Drgw 5371.jpg 756046-16Denver and Rio Grande Western 5371August 1975December 5, 2008On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [24]
786174-42Union Pacific 8755January 1979January 24, 2008Stored at the Fire Training Academy, at San Antonio, Texas
Rio Grande 5401.jpg 786264-4Denver and Rio Grande Western 5401March 1980
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
-Awaiting cosmetic restoration by the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado [25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IC 6071". Monticello Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Diesel Locomotive 5008". Downtown Marceline Foundation. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  3. ↑ Franz, Justin (2023-07-21). "BNSF Engine, Engineer Reunited in Retirement". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. ↑ "Old friends: Retired BNSF engineer restores locomotive he operated for 41 years". BNSF Railway. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  5. ↑ Franz, Justin (2024-06-20). "L&N SD40 Returns to Tennessee". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  6. ↑ "SD40 #7534". CSX. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  7. ↑ "CPR Diesel Locomotive SD 5500". Revelstoke Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  8. ↑ Franz, Justin (2023-03-03). "Great Northern SDP40 to Wear Orange and Green Again". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  9. ↑ "Diesel Locomotives". Minnesota Transportation Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  10. ↑ "GN 325". www.erixrailcar.com. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  11. ↑ "Under Restoration". Railexco. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  12. ↑ Franz, Justin (2023-04-04). "Milwaukee Road Bicentennial SD40-2 Saved in Oklahoma". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  13. ↑ Berger, Eric (2023-03-28). "MILW Bicentennial SD40-2 Saved". Diesel Era. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  14. ↑ "Chicago & North Western 6847". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  15. 1 2 3 "SD40-2: The Workingman's Hero". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  16. ↑ "Kentucky Steam Equipment". Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Kentucky Steam's SD40-2 diesel repainted in Norfolk & Western scheme". Trains. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  18. ↑ "Union Pacific #3105". RailGiants Train Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  19. ↑ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 2000. p. 25.
  20. ↑ "Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) Locomotives: CP 5900 - 5914 - EMD SD40-2 (DRF-30s) - Received Oct. to December 1978 to January 1979". www.solrs.ca. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  21. ↑ "Burlington Northern Santa Fe 6976". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  22. ↑ Franz, Justin (2025-07-07). "Historic Amtrak Locomotives Donated to Illinois Railway Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  23. ↑ "Two former Amtrak diesels donated to Illinois Railway Museum". Trains. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  24. ↑ "Rolling Stock of the Utah State Railroad Museum: D&RGW 5371: SD40T-2". Utah State Railroad Museum: Spencer S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Rail Center. Ogden, Utah: Ogden Union Station. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  25. ↑ "Colorado Railroad Museum to cosmetically restore Rio Grande tunnel motor | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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