GE Dash 8-40B

GE Dash 8-40B

Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder GE Transportation Systems Model Dash 8-40B Build date 1988 – 1989 Total produced 150

Specifications AAR wheel arr B-B Gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Performance figures Power output 4,000 hp (3,000 kW)

Career Operators Various, see list Class B40-8 Locale North America

The GE Dash 8-40B (or B40-8) is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1988 and 1989. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.

A total of 150 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 P32ACDM.

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	40	7410-7449
Conrail	30	5060-5089
General Electric	1	8002
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway	24	4002-4048 (even nos.)
St. Louis Southwestern Railway	54	8040-8093
United States Department of Energy (Savannah River Site)	1	107

File:BNSF 577 Lincoln, NE 10-19-14.jpg

BNSF B40-8 no. 577 at Havelock, Nebraska, in October 2014. As of 2015, this is the only active Dash 8 in ATSF blue and yellow paint on the BNSF system.

Preservation

In July 2014, Union Pacific #1848, formerly St. Louis Southwestern 8049, was donated by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Illinois Railway Museum.

See also

• List of GE locomotives