ATSF EMD SD45B rebuilt from SD45 power
	master power roster with specifications and references

power:  3,600 hp4 weight:  392,860 lbs3,4 tractive effort:  see below   engine:  20-645-E33,4 fuel capacity:  4,000 gals3,4 gear ratio:  see below trucks:  Flexicoil trucks, with Hyatt bearings     and 40in wheels3,4   alternator:  AR10 traction motors:  D77 dynamic brakes:  extended-range DR1 2-speed flat4

 

5501 class
road number	model	builder information	history	disposition
5501:2	SD45B	builder:  EMD2,8,11 date:  Dec662,3,7 /     Oct-Dec665,8 serial no.:  325572,3,7 frame no.:  order no.:  57228,11	numbered:   1881  :     • delivered:   date      • assignment:      • paint:  BYT22     • short hood:         herald:  blue square-circle-cross on nose     • cab:     • long hood:         logo:  yellow 54in "Santa Fe" on sides; renumbered:   5581 2,3,7 Jun702,   repainted:   5581  after 26Aug72:     • paint:  BYW2     • herald:  blue "SANTA FE" cigar-band around         nose     • road numbers:  blue on cab sides     • logo:  yellow 54in "Santa Fe" on long hood         sides; rebuilt / renumbered / repainted:  to SD45B      5501:2 2,3,7,39 San Bernardino CA3,4 / MK2     Dec832-4,39:     • gear ratio:  60:173,4     • tractive effort:  72,287 lbs at 11.2 mph3,4     • paint:  BYT22,39p     • herald:  outlined blue square, solid blue circle,         yellow cross on front39p     • road numbers:  yellow on front sides39p     • cab:  none39p     • horns:  none39p     • air conditioner:  none39p	retired:   date  ; sold:  to Boise Locomotive Co  date  ,   scrapped:   location  Mar99
5502:1	SD45B	builder:  EMD2,8,11 date:  Aug662,7 /     Jun-Aug665,8 serial no.:  320792,7 frame no.:  5708-247 order no.:  57087,8,11	numbered:   1823  :     • delivered:   date      • assignment:      • paint:  BYT22     • short hood:         herald:  blue square-circle-cross on nose     • cab:     • long hood:         logo:  yellow 54in "Santa Fe" on sides; renumbered:   5523 2,7 Jun70,   repainted:   5523  after 26Aug72:     • paint:  BYW2     • herald:  blue "SANTA FE" cigar-band around         nose     • road numbers:  blue on cab sides; rebuilt / renumbered / repainted:  to SD45B2      5502:1 2p,7 San Bernardino CA / MK2 Dec832:     • paint:  BYT22p     • cab:  none     • horns:  none     • air conditioner:  none,   wrecked:  Henrietta MO 3Jul86	scrapped:   location and date
5502:2	SD45B	builder:  EMD8,11 date:  Nov662,3,7 /     Oct-Dec665,8 serial no.:  325232,3,7 frame no.:  order no.:  57228,11	numbered:   1847  :     • delivered:   date      • assignment:      • paint:  BYT22     • short hood:         herald:  blue square-circle-cross on nose     • cab:     • long hood:         logo:  yellow 54in "Santa Fe" on sides; renumbered:   5547 2,3,7 Apr-Jul702,   repainted:   5547  after 26Aug72:     • paint:  BYW2     • herald:  blue "SANTA FE" cigar-band around         nose     • road numbers:  blue on cab sides; rebuilt / renumbered:  to SD45u  5340 2,3,7     San Bernardino CA3 Oct822:     • long hood:  exhaust deflectors and air-intake         hoods installed2, removed  date  , rebuilt / renumbered / repainted:  to SD45B      5502:2 3,4,7,39 San Bernardino CA3,4 Nov824 /     24Oct8639 / Oct823:     • gear ratio:  62:153,4     • tractive effort:  72,287 lbs at 11.2 mph3 /         82,100 lbs at 11.3 mph3,4     • paint:  BYT22,39p     • herald:  outlined blue square, solid blue circle,         yellow cross on front39p     • road numbers:  yellow on front sides39p     • cab:  none39p     • horns:  none39p     • air conditioner:  none39p	transferred:  BNSF Rwy Co merger35     22Sep9535,   renumbered:  BNSF 750339   retired:  Nov0039

abbreviations

ATSF -- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway BNSF -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, then to BNSF  BYT2  -- blue with yellow ends and yellow trim paint  BYW2  -- blue/yellow warbonnet paint EMD -- Electro-Motive Division, General Motors   MK -- Morrison Knudsen     1994 - MK Rail Corp becomes MK subsidiary     1996 - MK Rail Corp separates from MK and         becomes Motive Power Industries Corp (MPI)     1996 - Boise Locomotive Co (BLC) become MP subsidiary     1999 - MPI merges with Westinghouse Air Brake Co         BLC becomes MotivePower Inc

references

2 Joe McMillan, Santa Fe Motive Power, 1985.   3 Kevin EuDaly, Santa Fe 1993-1994 Annual, 1994.   4 Kevin EuDaly, Santa Fe Rails, vol. 1, 1996.   5 Andre Kristopans, "EMD Order Numbers," at http://community-2.webtv.net/ajkristopans/ANDRESGMLOCOMOTIVE/index.html.   7 Tom Chandler, ATSF roster information hosted at QStation.org.   8 Train Web, EMD order number information, http://www.trainweb.org/emdloco/. 11 David Dallner, ATSF roster information, private correspondence. 14 Charles Biel, "BNSF TrainPix" at www.trainpix.com. 22 BNSFpix, 2003. 35 Robert C. Del Grosso, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 1997 Annual, 1998. 39 Robert C. Del Grosso, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 1995 Motive Power Fleet, 2010.

notes

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