EMD SD38-2

An 'EMD SD38-2' is a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1972 to 1979. EMD built 83 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. Power was provided 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' 8" (19.7104m) frame as the SD40-2 and SD45-2, which gives it a length over couplers of 68 ft 10 in (20.98 meters).

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Additional specifications

Original owners

References

Additional specifications

'Main generator:'	AR10E1-D14 generator-alternator
'Traction motors:'	6 × D77/78 DC
'Standard gearing:'	62:15

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
BC Hydro	3	382-384	To Southern Railway of British Columbia, same numbers
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	13	870-879, 890-892	870, 872, 876, 879 and 890 to Union RR, 50-54 (?/01); to EJ&E, 671-675 (11/01); 873 to LTEX, 873 (stored as of late '06); 877 to EJ&E, 670 (3/01); 891 to EJ&E, 669 (?/81); 892 to DM&IR, 215 (3/86); 871, 874, 875 all scrapped due to wrecks in the 1980s. 878 remains on B&LE rails as the last SD38-2 on the roster, as of 5-01-07.
Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway	6	70-75	To Union Pacific Railroad, 2800-2805; to UPY, 800-805
Chicago and North Western Railway	10	6650-6659	To Union Pacific, 2806-2815; to UPY, 806-815
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway	5	209-213
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway	13	656-668	All units still active, some upgraded to Dash 3 specs.
Jari Railway	2	10-11	Export, Brazil
Louisville and Nashville Railroad	5	4500-4504	To Seaboard System Railroad, 4500-4504; to CSX Transportation, 2450-2454
McCloud River Railroad	1	39	To Union Pacific, 2824; to UPY, 824 (yard service in Los Angeles)
Northern Alberta Rail	4	401-404	Built by GMDD; to Canadian National Railway, 5700-5703; renumbered 1650-1653
Orinoco Mining	5	1028-1032	Export, Venezuela
Reserve Mining	9	1237-1245	To GATX, same numbers; to LLPX, 2801-2809; 2802, 2805, 2807 and 2809 to Iowa Interstate Railroad, 150-155
St. Louis - San Francisco Railway	4	296-299	To Burlington Northern Railroad, 6260-6263; to BNSF Railway, same numbers
Southern Pacific Railroad	6	2971-2976	To Union Pacific, 2830-2835; to UPY, 830-835
United States Steel	1	1	To Cyprus-Amax, same number
Yankeetown Dock	3	20-22	22 to Cyprus-Amax, same number

References

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★ 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.