GP40PH-2
An EMD GP40. The list of passengers locomotives on this page are derived from this locomotive.
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
| Builder | Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) |
| Specifications | |
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| AAR wheel arr. | B-B |
| UIC class | Bo'Bo' |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Career | |
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| Locale | North America |
The passenger locomotives derivatives of the General Motors EMD GP40 diesel-electric locomotive have been, and continue to be, used by multiple passenger railroads in North America. For passenger service, the locomotives required extra components for providing steam or head-end power (HEP) for heating, lighting and electricity in passenger cars.
The GMD GP40TC was built by General Motors Diesel (GMD), for GO Transit in Toronto. Eight units were manufactured between 1966 and 1968. They were built on an enlarged frame to accommodate a head-end power generator. GO Transit sold the fleet to Amtrak in 1988. The units were based in Chicago and used on short-haul trains. The Norfolk Southern Railway rebuilt all eight at its Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania during 2005. These are now classed as GP38H-3, and work as maintenance-of-way trains or standby power for Downeaster trains.
Thirteen GP40Ps were built in October 1968 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) and paid for by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The CNJ put the units in service on the Raritan Valley Line and the North Jersey Coast Line.
The CNJ's passenger operations were transferred to NJDOT in 1976 (with Conrail operating them under contract), and in 1983 New Jersey Transit assumed operating passenger rail service in the state. Shortly after, the steam generator, which had occupied the flat end of the locomotive's long hood, was replaced with a diesel HEP generator, and the units were reclassified as GP40PH. They would later be rebuilt as GP40PH-2 units in 1991–92.
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