EMD Model 40

EMD Model 40
An EMD Model 40 at the Travel Town Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model Model 40 Build date April 1940 – April 1943 Total produced 11
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Loco weight 84,000 lb (38,000 kg) Fuel type Diesel fuel Prime mover (2) Detroit Diesel 6-71 Engine type 2-stroke Diesel Generator DC generator Traction motors DC traction motors Cylinders 6 (2) Transmission diesel electric Loco brake Westinghouse 14-ET Air brake
Performance figures Power output 300 hp (224 kW)
Career Locale North America

The EMD Model 40 was a two-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by Electro-Motive Corporation, and its corporate successor, General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) between August 1940 and April 1943. Nicknamed "critters", eleven examples of this locomotive were built. Powered by twin General Motors Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesel engines, which produce a combined 300 horsepower (224 kW). Original buyers included the Electro-Motive Corporation/EMD Plant #2 switcher, Defense Plant Corporation-4 units, the United States Army 3 units, and the United States Navy 2 units, General Motors Cleveland Diesel Division 1 unit.

Known locomotives

• s/n 1134 Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Nova Scotia
• s/n 1308 scrapped
• s/n 1309 Lake Superior Railroad Museum/Duluth, Minnesota
• s/n 1834 Cushing Stone Company, Amsterdam, New York
• s/n 1835 Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum/North Judson, Indiana
• s/n 2284 a northwest Indiana locomotive rebuilder
• s/n 2285 Walkersville Southern Railroad, Walkersville, Maryland
• s/n 2286 scrapped
• s/n 2287 Travel Town Museum, Los Angeles, California
• s/n 2288 York County Heritage Trust, York, Pennsylvania
• s/n 2289 scrapped

References

• Extra 2200 South Issue #53 pages 22–23.