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- 1. CP Rail 9011: The original uploader was Cp9020 at English Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. CP SD40-2F Red Barn: My69daytona at English Wikipedia / Braedan Dunne/CPRail43· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The GMD SD40-2F is a 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW) C-C diesel locomotive built by General Motors Diesel. It was fundamentally an SD40-2 in a cowl unit full-width body. A total of 25 units were built solely for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 38 years ago, in 1988.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 28 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 31 years (1988–2019).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1988
- in service from
- 1988
- retired
- 2019
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel
- operators
- Central Maine & Quebec Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 167 t
- nicknames
- Red barn
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513758, Wikipedia: GMD SD40-2F (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.