EMD SD38AC

EMD SD38AC
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model SD38AC Build date June – October 1971 Total produced 15
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR C-C Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Fuel capacity 3,200 US gal (12,000 L; 2,700 imp gal) Prime mover EMD 645E Engine type V16 diesel engine Cylinders 16
Performance figures Power output 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Career Locale North America

An EMD SD38AC is a 6-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June and October 1971. It was basically an SD38 with an AR10 alternating current alternator instead of the SD38's normal direct current generator. It produces 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) from a 16-cylinder EMD 645E roots blown prime mover. It came equipped with or without dynamic brakes. This locomotive shared the same common frame with the SD39, SD38, SD40 and SD45. The SD38AC is basically the transition engine between the SD38 and the SD38-2. 15 examples of this model were built; 6 for B&LE, 8 for DMIR and one for BC Hydro.

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	6	864-869	864 wrecked near Conneaut, OH (mid 1970s); 865 to DM&IR 200 (early 1990s); 869 to DM&IR 869 (?/2002); 866 (rebuilt to SD38-3 and repainted in early 2000s (decade)), 867 (rebuilt and repainted in early 2000s (decade)). 866, 867, and 868 remain on home rails as of 5-01-07.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway	8	201-208	204, to LTEX (8/03), scrapped at Proctor (5/04); 208, stored (7/03), to LTEX (4/28/04
BC Hydro	1	381	BCH 381 to Southern Railway of British Columbia 381.

References

• Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38, SD38AC, and SDP38 Original Owners. Retrieved on August 27, 2006

External links

• Sarberenyi, Robert. EMD SD38, SD38AC, and SDP38 Original Owners