ATSF logo ATSF GE B39-8
7400 class
master power roster with specifications and references
 
specifications
power:  3,900 hp3,4
weight:  285,940 lbs4
tractive effort:  68,100 lbs @ 18.3 mph3,4
  engine:  7FDL-16J23,4
fuel capacity:  3,050 gals3,4
gear ratio:  83:203,4
trucks:  floating bolster trucks, with 40-in wheels, and Timken bearings3,4
  alternator: 
traction motors: 
dynamic brakes:  extended-range flat @ 27.0 mph
 
roster
7400 class
road
numbers
model builder
information
history disposition
 7400  B39-8 builder:  GE11
date:  Jan847
serial no.:  431487
requisition no.:
production order no.:
  131011
numbered:   7400 :
    • delivered:   date :
    • assignment: 
    • paint:  BYW2
    • RCE:  Locotrol master3
    • RCE:  removed  date 3
retired:  Nov92;
sold:  to GE ???95;
sold:  to Conrail  date 
 7401  B39-8 builder:  GE11
date:  Dec844,7
serial no.:  444934,7
requisition no.:
production order no.:
  132011
numbered:   7401 :
    • delivered:   date :
    • assignment: 
    • paint:  BYW2,
  wrecked:   location and date ,
  lubo:  Topeka KSx89 2Nov88x89 for wreck
    repairs,
retired:  Nov92,
  lubo:  Topeka KS ???95;
sold:  to NRE Jan97
 7402  B39-8 builder:  GE11
date:  Sep847
serial no.:  444947
requisition no.:
production order no.:
  132011
numbered:   7402 :
    • delivered:   date :
    • assignment: 
    • paint:  BYW2
retired:   date ,
sold:  to GE ???95
 
references
  3 Kevin EuDaly, Santa Fe 1993-1994 Annual, 1994.
  4 Kevin EuDaly, Santa Fe Rails, vol. 1, 1996.
  7 Tom Chandler, ATSF roster information hosted at QStation.org.
11 David Dallner, private ATSF roster information.
 
  x89 "Extra 2200 South," issue 89, October-December 1988.
 
abbreviations
ATSF -- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
 BYW2  -- blue/yellow warbonnet paint
GE -- General Electric
lubo -- laid up, bad order
 
notes
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4  Last upgraded 8 May 2011.