Editing EMD SD40-2 (section)

==Variants==

===SD40T-2===
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[[File:SP 8238 CA Caliente.jpg|thumb|A [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] SD40T-2 at [[Caliente, California]], in the 1980s]]
A variant of the SD40-2 was created for several western railroads for extended periods in tunnels and [[snow shed]]s. Originally purchased by [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] and [[Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad|Rio Grande]] railroads, these were transferred to the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] in 1996. They have since found their way into the used locomotive market and many have been sold to regional railroads around the U.S.

===British Rail Class 59===
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Another variant of the SD40-2 was created for [[Foster Yeoman]], a British quarrying and aggregates company, which features a unique body design specifically for the European railway markets. Designated as [[British Rail Class 59|Class 59]] the initial production batch of four locomotives entered service in 1986.

===SD40-2W===
[[File:CN SD40-2W 5321.jpg|thumb|200px|[[CN Railway|Canadian National]] SD40-2W 5321]]
The '''GMD SD40-2(W)''' is a Canadian-market version of the SD40-2 [[diesel–electric locomotive]], built for the [[Canadian National Railway]] (CN) by the [[General Motors Diesel|Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada Ltd.]] (formerly [[General Motors Diesel]]) of London, Ontario; 123 were constructed between May 1975 and December 1980.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

===SD40-2F===
The [[EMD SD40-2F]] was a locomotive operated by CP Railway. It is essentially an SD40-2 with a full cowl hood. CP was the only buyer, buying 25 units, numbered 9000-9024. Most have been scrapped, but 10 were sold to the [[Central Maine and Quebec Railway]]. When CP acquired CMQ in 2020, the 10 SD40-2Fs became CP's once again. One unit was rebuilt to a hydrogen fuel cell locomotive in 2021-2022.