List of preserved EMD SD40-series locomotives

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.

SD40 (EMD)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
29025 Illinois Central 6071 July 1964 SD40-2R 2009 On static display at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois [1]
31556 Southern Pacific 7362 May 1966 SD40R June 29, 1998 On static display at Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte, Nebraska
31899 Norfolk and Western 1580 SD40 2007 Owned by the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society [2]
32043 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 5007 April 1966 SD40u - On static display at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California Preserved as GN 6307
32044 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 5008 2009 On static display at Marceline, Missouri [3][4][5]
32135 Western Maryland 7471 August 1966 SD40 - Operational, Owned by Precision Locomotive Leasing (PNLX)
34105 CSX 4621 - Stored at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland Privately owned, to be restored to original Western Maryland livery and number.
34759 Louisville and Nashville 1230 April 1969 - Under ownership of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee [6]
37211 Chesapeake and Ohio 7534 March 1971 2017 On static display at the C&O Historical Society in Clifton Forge, Virginia [7][8]
37355 Southern 3170 April 1971 2007, 2016 On static display, awaiting restoration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee [9][10]
38931 Progress Rail 3066 November 1971 2013 On static display at the Coastal Pines Technical College in Waycross, Georgia

SD40 (GMD)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
A2133 Canadian Pacific 5500 July 1966 SD40 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) 2001 On static display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum in Revelstoke, British Columbia CP class DRF-30a [11][12]
A2594 Canadian National 5232 November 1971 - Under ownership of the Vintage Locomotive Society in Winnipeg, Manitoba CN class GF-30m

SDP40

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
31597 Great Northern 325 May 1966 May 2009 Operational at the Minnesota Transportation Museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota [13][14][15]

SD40A

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
34947 Illinois Central 6014 May 1966 - Undergoing restoration to operating condition by Railexco in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. [16]

SD40-2 (EMD)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
7396-27 BUGX 156 August 1972 SD40-2 August 1987 Stored 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 [17][18]
74609-32 Chicago and North Western 6847 March 1974 December 2008 Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [19][20]
776086-24 Norfolk and Western 6162 May 1978 June 2020 Operational at the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation in Ravenna, Kentucky Repainted to its original livery in 2023. [21][22]
786181-8 Union Pacific 3105 June 1979 SD40-2C December 2013 On static display at the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California [20][23]
786269-9 Union Pacific 9950 April 1980 SD40-2 August 22, 2001 On static display at the Western America Railroad Museum at Barstow, California [20][24]

SD40-2 (GMD)

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
A2576 Canadian Pacific 5577 March 1972 SD40-2 February 2006 Operational on the New Hope Railroad in New Hope, Pennsylvania CP class DRF-30s
A3670 Canadian Pacific 5903 December 1978 Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) 2018 On static display at ExpoRail in Saint-Constant, Quebec [25]

SDP40F

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
74611-65 BNSF 6976 October 1974 SDP40F 2002 Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois [26][27][28]

SD40T-2

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
756046-16 Denver and Rio Grande Western 5371 August 1975 December 5, 2008 On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [29]
776098-2 Southern Pacific 5387 August 1978 May 22, 2001 Operational, owned by the Midwest Overland Rail Preservation Society in Perry, Oklahoma
786174-42 Union Pacific 8755 January 1979 January 24, 2008 Stored at the Fire Training Academy, at San Antonio, Texas
786264-4 Denver and Rio Grande Western 5401 March 1980
  • Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW)
  • Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
April 12, 2010 Awaiting cosmetic restoration by the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado [30]

See also

References

  1. ^ "IC 6071". Monticello Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  2. ^ "EMD SD 40 #1580 – Roanoke Chapter National Railway Historical Society". Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  3. ^ "Diesel Locomotive 5008". Downtown Marceline Foundation. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. ^ Franz, Justin (2023-07-21). "BNSF Engine, Engineer Reunited in Retirement". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  5. ^ "Old friends: Retired BNSF engineer restores locomotive he operated for 41 years". BNSF Railway. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  6. ^ Franz, Justin (2024-06-20). "L&N SD40 Returns to Tennessee". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  7. ^ "SD40 #7534". CSX. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  8. ^ "C&O SD40 heading to Virginia museum | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  9. ^ "Southern Railway 3170". Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Norfolk Southern donates Southern SD40 to TVRM | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
  11. ^ "CPR Diesel Locomotive SD 5500". Revelstoke Railway Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  12. ^ Franz, Justin (2025-02-10). "Museum to Restore Canada's First SD40". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  13. ^ Franz, Justin (2023-03-03). "Great Northern SDP40 to Wear Orange and Green Again". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  14. ^ "Diesel Locomotives". Minnesota Transportation Museum. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  15. ^ "GN 325". www.erixrailcar.com. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  16. ^ "Under Restoration". Railexco. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  17. ^ Franz, Justin (2023-04-04). "Milwaukee Road Bicentennial SD40-2 Saved in Oklahoma". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  18. ^ Berger, Eric (2023-03-28). "MILW Bicentennial SD40-2 Saved". Diesel Era. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  19. ^ "Chicago & North Western 6847". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  20. ^ a b c "SD40-2: The Workingman's Hero". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  21. ^ "Kentucky Steam Equipment". Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  22. ^ "Kentucky Steam's SD40-2 diesel repainted in Norfolk & Western scheme". Trains. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  23. ^ "Union Pacific #3105". RailGiants Train Museum. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  24. ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 2000. p. 25.
  25. ^ "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.
  26. ^ "Burlington Northern Santa Fe 6976". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  27. ^ Franz, Justin (2025-07-07). "Historic Amtrak Locomotives Donated to Illinois Railway Museum". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  28. ^ "Two former Amtrak diesels donated to Illinois Railway Museum". Trains. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  29. ^ "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.
  30. ^ "Colorado Railroad Museum to cosmetically restore Rio Grande tunnel motor | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2024-03-09.