The GE Dash 8-40B (or B40-8) is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation between 1988 and 1989. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.
A total of 151 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads.
The GE Dash 8-40BW (B40-8W) is a variant fitted with a full-width cab. Another variant is the GE Dash 8-40BP, more commonly known as the Genesis series. The locomotives in the Genesis series are the P40DC, the P42DC, and the P32AC-DM.
Original owners + Railroad Quantity Road numbersNotesAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway407410-7449to BNSFConrail305060-5089To NS, later sold to CSXTGeneral Electric18002New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway244002-4048 (even nos.)To CSX Nos. 4004, 4008, 4006, 4002 to P&WSt. Louis Southwestern Railway558040-8094To Union PacificUnited States Department of Energy (Savannah River Site)1107Sold surplus in 2022. Now ATOM Rail 107
Preservation
Union Pacific #1848, (ex-St. Louis Southwestern #8049) is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. It was donated by Union Pacific in 2014.
See also
List of GE locomotives
References