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) Fuel capacity 3,200 (US)gal (12,113 L) Prime mover EMD 645E Cylinders V16
Performance figures Power output 2,000 hp (1,500 kilowats)
Career Locale North America

An EMD SD38AC is a 6-axle diesel 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 2000 horsepower(1,500 kilowatts) 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.

External links

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

Original owners

Railroad	Quantity	Road numbers	Notes
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad	6	864-869	864 wrecked near Conneaut, OH (mid '70s); 865 to DM&IR 200 (early '90s); 869 to DM&IR 869 (?/2002); 866 (rebuilt to SD38-3 and repainted in early 2000s), 867 (rebuilt and repainted in early 2000s). 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

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