GE Dash 8-40B


The GE Dash 8-40B is a 4-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1988 and 1989. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.
A total of 151 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads.
The GE Dash 8-40BW is a variant fitted with a full-width cab. Another variant is the GE Dash 8-40BP, more commonly known as the Genesis series. The locomotives in the Genesis series are the P40DC, the P42DC, and the P32AC-DM.

Original Owners

RailroadQuantityRoad numbersNotes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway407410-7449
Conrail305060-5089
General Electric18002
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway244002-4048
St. Louis Southwestern Railway558040-8094
United States Department of Energy 1107

Secondhand Owners

Preservation

In July 2014, Union Pacific #1848, formerly St. Louis Southwestern #8049, was donated by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Illinois Railway Museum.