Santa Fe cast off most of the Alcos and smaller EMD power, but kept the medium horsepower, 4-axle EMD's. GP40 #1000 was renumbered to Santa Fe 3461 in January 1984, just above Santa Fe's GP35's and below the Santa Fe numbers assigned to TP&W's GP35's (3462-3464).

In August 1984 it was rebuilt, repainted, renumbered to 2964 and designated a GP35u despite retaining its GP40 carbody. On Jan. 28 1988 it was wrecked at Pico Rivera CA and was scrapped. (Roster information from atsfrr.net) This unit was Santa Fe's lone GP40. See http://atsf.railfan.net/gp40/ for more information. Photo Date:

2021年2月16日 · The Santa Fe did have a single GP40 originally built 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. In August 1984 it was rebuilt, repainted, renumbered to 2964. It was designated a GP35u despite retaining its GP40 carbody.

The versatile EMD GP40 series, manufactured by Electro-Motive Division (EMD), were built between 1965-1971. The GP40 is powered by EMD’s 16 cylinder, 645E3 prime mover, producing 3,000hp, and much like its predecessor, the GP35, was successful and proved reliable for many class 1 and shortline carriers.

2023年12月30日 · Units built for ATSF and Southern were built with single-shoe GP (or "Blomberg M") trucks as seen on much of contemporary GP40-2 production. Those on ATSF used the standard "sandwich" of flat rubber pads for the secondary suspension, which provided a rougher ride than the more compliant leaf springs used on the earlier clasp-brake version of ...

The TP&W thread below got me thinking. Does anyone have a shot of the one and only ATSF GP40? As I remember, the ATSF rebuild it and then classified it as a GP35R only to loose it in the ugly head on at Pico Rivera. Any photo's, data or corrections to …

The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway elected to pass on the GP40, instead purchasing 61 GP38s to supplement all the SD39s, SD40s and SD45s (among other 6-axle diesels) they rostered. The midwestern Toledo Peoria & Western Railway was merged into the ATSF at the end of 1983, their lone GP40, TPW 1000 (the former EMD demonstrator 21) was sent ...

2025年2月12日 · Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's only GP40, the 2964 was derated to 2500 hp and classed as a GP35u. It was formerly ATSF 3461, which was Toledo Peoria & Western's only GP40 1000, originally EMD "loaner" 21. It was destroyed in a fatal wreck at Pico Rivera, CA, on January 28, 1988.

Reporting Marks: ATSF Showing Locomotive model GP40 : Click on a locomotive to view pictures

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.