If your into nitpicky type details, I have a breakdown of the GP40 family and their relevant features. Click here if your brave. At the moment I'll keep all the GP40-2's together, but as/if more info comes to hand, I may well split them up into number series.

Detail breakdown on as delivered SP and SSW GP40/GP40-2 Tunnel Motor locomotives

The three SP GP40P-2's were bought in 1974, for commute service between San Francisco and San Jose. They were delivered with almost every EMD and Espee option except the Tunnel Motor radiator, and even this was considered, though weight restrictions put a stop to that.

Southern Pacific GP40-2's pull a string of 122 empty taconite hoppers into Provo from Geneva Steel to be cleaned and reused for back hauling coal. At this date the train is technically a Union Pacific train. Southern Pacific's Geneva Turn.

SP GP40-2 7954, Tucson, Arizona, November 21, 1985, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in May 1980 (c/n 796354-15), and was one of 28 mother units (GP40-2's and GP40R's) equipped to transfer power to trailing TEBU units, one of which (#1609) is seen here.

This page is dedicated to SP fleet of GP40-2 locomotives. The SP was the original owner of 124 GP40-2 units in several groups for both the SP (68) and SSW (56.) These pages will consist of mainly images with very little analysis or history.

SP 7940 is part of a slug set passing by the east end of West Colton yard.

Dec 20, 2024 · The GP40 and GP40-2, along with the non-turbocharged GP38 and GP38-2, were EMD’s most successful second-generation Geeps. As with earlier models they fit exactly what railroads were looking for while also featuring the manufacturers’ excellence in quality and …

If your into nitpicky type details, I have a breakdown of the GP40 family and their relevant features.

Compared to the GP truck, the HT-B had taller primary springs (similar to the 6-wheel HT-C truck), a longer wheelbase, and a secondary suspension consisting of angled rubber pads designed to reduce weight transfer between the axles in high-tractive effort situations.