ATSF GP40 2964 westbound heading toward San Bernardino. Ex TPW Gp40. Fort Sumner NM June 21 1986 -- On the longest day of the year Santa Fe GP35u 2964 is eastbound over U.S. …

The locomotive emerged with yet another road number, ATSF 2964, which put it just above the rebuilt GP35's. The locomotive joined Santa Fe's large fleet of less-than-3000hp 4-axle roadswitchers, and fell into the jack-of-all-trades role common to this type of locomotive: switching, local assignments, and occasional road freights.

2025年2月12日 · High quality photograph of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) EMD GP40 # ATSF 2964 at San Bernardino, California, USA.

Photos of the unit wearing the number 3461 are pretty rare. It was renumbered from TP&W 1000 in mid-January 1984, and as the photo shows, by March it was at the San Bernardino shops to be rebuilt. It would emerge in August as ATSF 2964, wearing blue and yellow paint and rated at 2500hp, the same as the GP35's numbered below it.

ATSF 2964 Fort Sumner NM June 21 1986 -- On the longest day of the year Santa Fe GP35u 2964 is eastbound over U.S. 60 with a TOFC train. EMD built the unit in May 1969 as TP&W 1000. Santa Fe acquired it on Jan. 1 1984 when it absorbed the TP&W and the locomotive was renumbered to ATSF 3461.

Do you believe in ghosts? Here we have Santa Fe #2964, SF's only GP40, which come to them from PC via the TP&W. #2964 was assigned this number in Jan. of '84. In Jan. of '88, she was destroyed at Pico Rivera, CA in a horrible wreck. But on the OVS, she lives on.

> unit was it scrapped or rebuilt and sold? The 2964 was scrapped. If memory serves, it was involved in a terrible accident at Corona that also destroyed several GP35's. The locomotive was the only GP40 of any type the Santa Fe rostered, and they only had it for four years. Where on Qstation did you find information about the 2964?

The Bachmann HO Scale GP40 features realistic, prototypical detail, fine-scale handrails, and comes with a factory-installed 21-pin DCC plug for the decoder of your choice. This Product is Recommended for Ages 14 & Up. The GP40 was considered the top of EMD’S four-axle line when first introduced in the late 1960s.

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• Flexible mapping of function keys F0 to F28. • Follows all NMRA DCC standards and recommended practices. • Over 20 sound effects are available, including engine start-up and shutdown, prime mover sounds through all eight notches, bell, air horn, air compressor, dynamic brakes and more.