SP 8579 was a former C&NW SD45 No.968. A rebuilt SD40M-2 celebrating a year of service with Southern Pacific idles in SP's Broadway Yard in South Fort Worth.

SP 8579 : A rebuilt SD40M-2 celebrating a year of service with Southern Pacific idles in SP's Broadway Yard in South Fort Worth. This locomotive was originally delivered to Chicago & Northwestern as SD45 968 in February 1968 and served CNW until retirement which was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen into an SD40M-2 and released on July 1994.

A pair of immaculate SD40M-2s team up to hustle the daily MSJRV through Hawyard, California on the Mulford Line (Coast subdivision) and later splits Embarcad...

These units were purchased by SP rebuilt from various SD40, SD45 and SDP45 (EL/CR.)'s. They were upgraded to SD40-2 standards and given the model designation SD40M-2. They lacked the typical gyralight option that SP had previously specified on their locomotives.

This page is dedicated to SP's fleet of 133 locomotives rebuilt to SD40-2 standards by Morrison-Knudsen from a variety of original EMD models including SD40, SD45 and SDP45 (EL/CR.) These locomotives, although externally different, were all considered SD40M-2's.

SP 8579. This loco was built in xx/19xx with EMD construction number 7148-32 as SD45 C&NW 968. She was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen to DASH-2 specifications and numbered SP 8579. During the rebuild process, her original long hood with flares was replaced by a donor hood from a GP40. Back to Main Page

As you should be aware from reading the SD40M-2 Info page, SP received 133 SD40M-2's from Morrison-Knudsen, with 3 distinct body styles. The difficulty rating of modeling any of the SD40M-2's, will depend on how accurate you want to be. M-K chopped the 20 cylinder engines down to 16 cylinders, and modified the access doors.

SP 8579 was a former C&NW SD45 No.968. A rebuilt SD40M-2 celebrating a year of service with Southern Pacific idles in SP's Broadway Yard in South Fort Worth.

sp 8579->up2655: cnw 968--07/06/94: sp 8580->up2656: cnw 973--07/28/94: sp 8581->up2657: cnw 958--07/28/94: sp 8582->up2658: cnw 951--08/01/94: sp 8583->up2659: bn 7307: gatx 5083: mp 3083: 08/11/94: sp 8584->up2660: sp 9074--04/04/94: sp 8585->up2661: sp 9130--04/10/94: sp 8586->up2662: bn 6659: slsf 910-05/27/94: sp 8587->up2663: soo 6492: bn ...