GE Dash 8-40BW
The Dash 8-40BW, or B40-8W as some call it, is a four-axle road diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) in the early 1990s. ATSF was the only railroad to order it, and a B unit (cabless booster unit) was almost made with it, but because the price would have been the same for B40-8Ws with cabs or without, they decided to order units with cabs only.
The locomotive model designation is interpreted as follows: B (B type truck arrangement, 2 axles per truck) 40 (4000 horsepower) -8 (the generation when it was designed, in this case meaning the late 1980s) W (Widecab)
All of ATSF's B40-8Ws became part of BNSF Railway, and many of them were repainted into BNSF's orange, yellow, and green "Heritage 2" paint scheme.
Sell off by BNSF
In mid 2010, The BNSF Railway put 15 of the B40-8W's up for sale. These units were on Long Term lease and were returned to their leasor. These units are BNSF 560-583, the last batch of B40-8W's built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway as ATSF 560-583. So far, Three have been sold, 561, 562, 583 were sold to the Providence and Worcester Railroad in Massachusetts.
Original owners
Second Hand Owners
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