List of preserved EMD SD45-series locomotives

This is a summary, listing every diesel locomotive from the SD45-series in preservation. This list includes the models SD45, SDP45, SD45-2 and SD45T-2.

SD45

Photograph	Serial no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Disposition and location	Notes	References
	31598	Great Northern 400	May 1966	SD45	Great Northern Railway (GN) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)	May 2009	Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) in Duluth, Minnesota		[1] [2]
	31991	Southern Pacific 7457	August 1966	SD45R	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP)	February 7, 2001	On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah
	32636	SPTX 2746	March 1967	SD40M-2	Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (C&NW) Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) National Railway Equipment Company (NREX)	-	Under ownership of BUGX, stencilled with SPTX lettering
	33038	Northern Pacific 3617	May 1967	SD45	Northern Pacific Railway (NP) Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC)	March 1987	Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) in Duluth, Minnesota
	33107	Erie Lackawanna 3607	June 1967	SD45	Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL) Conrail (CR)	-	National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri		[3] [4]
	34610	SPTX 2779	February 1969	SD40M-2	Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (C&NW) Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) National Railway Equipment Company (NREX)	-	Under ownership of BUGX, stencilled with SPTX lettering
	35532	Norfolk and Western 1776	February 1970	SD45	Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W)	-	On static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) in Roanoke, Virginia
	37147	Wisconsin Central 7525	August 1971	SD45	Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) Wisconsin Central Railroad (WC)	-	Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) in Union, Illinois		[5]
	37715	Seaboard Coast Line 2024	September 1971	SD45	Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Seaboard System (SBD) I&M Rail Link (IMRL) Montana Rail Link (MRL) Northern Illinois & Wisconsin Railway (NIWX)	-	Operational at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee	Currently painted as Clinchfield 3632

SDP45

Serial no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Disposition and location	Notes	References
34980	Erie Lackawanna 3639	May 1969	SDP45	Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL) Conrail (CR)	-	Stored at the Virginia Museum of Transportation
36886	SPTX 2768	August 1970	SD40M-2	Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL) Conrail (CR) VMV Enterprises (VMVX) Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) National Railway Equipment Company (NREX)	-	Under ownership of BUGX, stencilled with SPTX lettering

SD45-2

Photograph	Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Disposition and location	Notes	References
	72642-18	Santa Fe 5704	May 1973	SD45-2u	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)	2008	Moved to the Southern California Railway Museum (SCRM) in Perris, California.		[6] [7]
	74601-5	CSX 8954	August 1974	SD45-2	Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Seaboard System (SBD) CSX Transportation (CSX)	2011	Under ownership of the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia		[8] [9]

SD45T-2

Photograph	Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Disposition and location	Notes	References
	7336-28	Southern Pacific 6819	March 1972	SD45T-2R	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Union Pacific Railroad (UP)	July 12, 2001	Operational at the California State Railroad Museum (CSRM) in Sacramento, California

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Works no.	Locomotive	Build date	Model	Former operators	Retire date	Last seen	Scrap date	Notes	References
34396	Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 3200	March 1969	SD45R	Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (RBM&N)	-	Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania	November 2011

See also

List of preserved EMD locomotives

References

1. "Former Great Northern SD45 No 400 Hustle Muscle heading to Duluth | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
2. "GN 441 Luxury Locomotive Lodge: GN 400 "Hustle Muscle"". www.gn441.com. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
3. "Erie-Lackawanna Railway #3607". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
4. "Eire-Lackawanna #3607". stlouisnrhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
5. "Wisconsin Central 7525". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
6. "Blast from the past: Santa Fe 5704 is back in bicentennial paint scheme". BNSF Railway. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
7. "Southern California Railroad Museum adds ATSF bicentennial SD45-2 to collection". Trains. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
8. Miller, Chuck (2018-08-31). "CSX Transportation Donates Rare Locomotive to Southeastern Railway Museum". Southeastern Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
9. "CSX donates SD45-2 to Georgia museum". Trains Magazine. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2025-03-17.