The EMD SD38-2 is a model of six-axle
diesel-electric locomotive
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built by
General Motors Electro-Motive Division
Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its sub ...
(EMD) from 1972 to 1979. EMD built 90 of these medium road-switchers, which were used in both yard and mainline roles. Part of the
EMD Dash 2
The EMD Dash 2 is a line of diesel-electric locomotives introduced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) on January 1, 1972. Designations of these models were those of the former models with "-2" added (e.g., the SD40 was replaced by ...
line, the SD38-2 was an upgraded
SD38 with modular electronic control systems, HT-C trucks, and many other detail improvements. The locomotive's power was provided by an
EMD 16-645E 16-
cylinder
A cylinder (from ) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base.
A cylinder may also be defined as an infin ...
engine, which could generate . These units were constructed with either fuel tanks and were available with or without dynamic brakes. It shared the same frame as the
SD40-2
The EMD SD40-2 is a AAR wheel arrangement#C-C, C-C diesel-electric locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel, EMD from 1972 to 1989.
The SD40-2 was introduced in January 1972 as part of EMD's ''EMD Dash 2, Dash 2'' series, competing against the ...
and
SD45-2, which gives it a length over
couplers
Coupler may refer to:
Engineering Mechanical
* Railway coupler, a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train device
** Janney coupler
** SA3 coupler
** Scharfenberg coupler for multiple unit passenger cars
* Quick coupler, used in constru ...
of .
Original owners
See also
*
List of GM-EMD locomotives
The following is a list of locomotives produced by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its successors General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD).
Streamlined power cars and early experimental locomotive ...
*
List of GMD Locomotives
The following is a list of locomotives produced by General Motors Diesel (GMD), and its corporate successor Electro-Motive Diesel, Electro-Motive Canada (EMC).
The NF-110 and NF-210 locomotive models were narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge locomot ...
References
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* GATX Rail Locomotive Group.
SD38-2 specification page'. Retrieved on June 23, 2005.
* Sarberenyi, Robert.
'
*EMD SD38-2 general arrangement drawing (Spec. 8086 07/75) and
clearance diagram
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(04/72), Robb Fisher, RFDI.
External links
* Sarberenyi, Robert.
EMD SD38-2 Original Owners'
SD38-2
The EMD SD38-2 is a model of six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1972 to 1979. EMD built 90 of these medium road-switchers, which were used in both yard and mainline roles. Part of the EM ...
SD38-2
The EMD SD38-2 is a model of six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) from 1972 to 1979. EMD built 90 of these medium road-switchers, which were used in both yard and mainline roles. Part of the EM ...
C-C locomotives
Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States
Railway locomotives introduced in 1972
Freight locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives
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