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.

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.

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

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 7609 at East Bridge Yard Description: SP GP40-2 7609, DRGW GP40-2 3102, and SP SD45T-2 6836 lay over between transfer assignments at East Bridge Yard near New Orleans, LA.

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.

Eastbound SP manifest works upgrade on the mainline at Woodford past a set of helpers in the short siding. SP 7242 was returned to the lessor by UP 4/2000 and stored at NRE. Date of photo approximate. Taking a Rest at the Turntable (Well It Was A Sunday!)

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.

So if you really want that SP GP40-2 to be accurate you will have some work to do. But all the parts needed for any variant should be available if you look hard enough. The final phase is the most complex to produce, as my earlier article will testify.