EMD SD40-2

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• Cajon Pass: Barstow - San Bernardino
• Cane Creek: Thompson - Potash
• CSX Heavy Haul
• Florida Tri-Rail: Miami Airport - Boca Raton
• Northeast Corridor Metro-North: New York - Stamford
• Sand Patch Grade
• Sherman Hill: Cheyenne - Laramie

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

• MBTA Commuter: Boston - Framingham/Worcester Line: with Sand Patch Grade
• San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles - San Bernardino: with Cajon Pass: Barstow - San Bernardino

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: SD40-2, SD40-2 UP, BNSF SD40-2, SD40-2 (2 Liveries).

In these DLCs: Cajon Pass: Barstow - San Bernardino, Cane Creek: Thompson - Potash, CSX Heavy Haul, Florida Tri-Rail: Miami Airport - Boca Raton, Northeast Corridor Metro-North: New York - Stamford, Sand Patch Grade, Sherman Hill: Cheyenne - Laramie, Santa Fe on Cajon Pass.

Official manual: Cane Creek: Thompson - Potash.

The real thing

A 3,000 horsepower six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by EMD from 1972. Reliable and versatile, it became one of the best-selling models in EMD's history and the industry standard for decades.

• Built by: GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD), General Motors Diesel (GMD), Material y Construcciones S.A. (MACOSA), Equipamentos Villares S.A. (EVSA) (Wikipedia)
• Built: January 1972 – October 1989, January 1997 (SDL40-2) (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 4,036 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: Various (Wikipedia)
• Top speed: 65 mph (105 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: 3000 hp (2,237 kW) (Wikipedia)
• Wheel arrangement: Co′Co′ (Wikipedia)
• Power type: Diesel–electric (Wikipedia)

Photo: Gary Todd, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article EMD SD40-2 and Wikidata.