Talk:EMD SD40T-2

Only the Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt SD40T-2s were built with the 4400 gallon fuel tank. The Rio Grande units had the shorter 4000 gallon fuel tank. Cotton Belt owned 10 SD40T-2s. SSW9389 22:01, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Union Pacific never had all of these
http://utahrails.net/up-diesel-roster/up-diesel-roster-53.php

Only 231 of Southern Pacific's/Cotton Belt's 239 SD40T-2's and 69 of Rio Grande's 73 units were present at merger. Thus, the Union Pacific never had the entire fleet. So 12 units didn't make it to Union Pacific.

And I'm skeptical if all 312 were ever on the roster together when Rio Grande and Southern Pacific first merged like the article claims. It's quite likely that several of these that didn't survive to the Union Pacific acquisition were already gone before these two lines merged. Two Rio Grande units were retired in 1989 for the first from that fleet to go but I don't know if it was before or after May 1st when the operating departments of both lines became one (Although Rio Grande Industries bought Southern Pacific in 1988 so maybe that's the date we should be using even though they operated separately until the following year).

It seems likely that at least one of those 8 Southern Pacific units that Union Pacific didn't get had been retired prior to 1988/1989 although I lack that data. So it's very likely that the entire group was never together.

http://utahrails.net/drgw/rg-loco-chron.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.199.62 (talk) 04:05, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Edited the erroneous claim that Southern Pacific or Union Pacific ever held title to all surviving SD40T-2's.
Southern Pacific SD40T-2 #8507 was wrecked and retired in the mid 1980's, sold, repaired and entered lease service for Helm. Later they sold her and she moved to Southwestern Portland Cement's operation in Victorville California (January 1995 issue of Trains Magazine).

https://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1296.htm

Further, Don Strack states that D&RGW 5402 was wrecked on Tennessee Pass in 1989, sold to National Railway Equipment in 1991, and had wreck repairs completed in 1993. Leased to Canadian Pacific that year and then sold in June 1994 to CPR. The other three retired Rio Grande examples that didn't survive to the UP merger were scrapped after derailment damage.

https://utahrails.net/drgw/rg-diesels-3.php#sd40t-2-drgw5341