The EMD SD38 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between May 1967 and October 1971. It had an EMD 645 16-cylinder engine generating , compared to the turbocharged EMD 645E3 V-16 engine that produced 3000 horsepower. Aside from the 3-axle trucks and a longer frame to accommodate them, the SD38 was identical to the GP38; the SD38 had the same frame as the SD39, SD40 and SD45. 52 were built for American railroads, one was built for a Canadian railroad, four were exported to a mining firm in Jamaica and seven were exported to a mining firm in Venezuela. The SD38 was succeeded by a Dash 2 version called the EMD SD38-2.

SD38 operators

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! Railroad

! Quantity

! Road numbers

! Notes

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|Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

|3

|861-863

|862 was sold to DMIR. Later was bought back by BLE. Still is a SD38 and is the only one of its kind of CNs roster.

|-

|Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad

|5

|250-254

|To Grand Trunk Western 6250–6254; 253 and 254 still in service as Reading and Northern Railroad Nos. 2003 and 2004

|-

|Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

|6

|650-655

|650 sold to CITI Rail in 2011, 654 sold to Hartwell railroad in 2011, 651–653, and 655 sold to DMIR in 1992/1993.

|-

| Kaiser Bauxite

| 4

| 5101–5104

|Jamaica/Now called Noranda Bauxite Limited (NBL)

|-

|McCloud River Railroad

|3

|36-38

|36 & 38 on MCR property as of July 2017, 37 Now On Dakota Southern Railway

|-

|Orinoco Mining Company

|7

|1021–1027

|Venezuela

|-

|Penn Central

|35

|6925-6959

|All went to Conrail with same #'s. 21 to Norfolk Southern, 13 to CSX

|-

|RFFSA (Brazil)

|45

|3601-3645

|model SD38M on a shortened 60 ft 10 in (18.55 m) frame - 34 units in service

|-

!Totals !! 108 !! !!

|}

SDP38 operators

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!Railroad

!Quantity

!Road Numbers

!Notes

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|Korean National Railways

|40

|6201-6240

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|-

!Total !! 40 !! !!

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An M version of SD38 was built for the Brazil Federal Railways (RFFSA - Rede Ferroviária Federal S. A.).

Forty of a passenger version, the SDP38, were built for the Korean National Railroad in May–July 1967. The units were numbered 6351–6390. It was later changed to 6201–6240.

References

  • Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38, SD38AC, and SDP38 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006
  • EMD#SD38, SD38AC, SDP38 Original Owners by Robert Sarberenyi