The GE Dash 8-40BW, or B40-8W, is a four-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) between 1990 and 1992. [1] It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.

A wide-cab version, the B40-8W (B40-8BW, or Dash 8-40BW), was produced exclusively for the Santa Fe in 1991 with only 83 built. Although initially slated to begin production two years earlier, the increasing popularity and demand with six-axle models being preferred on Class 1 railroads forced the B40-8W's debut to become side-lined, and ...

The GE Dash 8-40B (or B40-8) is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation between 1988 and 1989. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives. A total of 151 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads.

CSX GE C40-8W #7689. The Dash 8 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives built by GE Transportation. It replaced the Dash 7 Series in the mid-1980s, and was superseded by the Dash 9 Series for freight usage and the Genesis Series for passenger usage in the mid-1990s.

2025年1月1日 · The B40-8 and B40-8W (also known as the Dash 8-40B/W) was the single, most powerful four-axle design General Electric cataloged. It was also the company's last. Built during the late 1980s, the model came in two versions using either the common Standard Cab or the newer, "North American Safety Cab."

该型号名称後面加上“ w”表示它与b40-8不同之处在于具有“宽鼻”安全驾驶室。 GE差點就從ATSF得到製造本型車的B型（無駕駛室輔助機車）訂單，不過不管有沒有駕駛室，B40-8W的售價都相同，因此ATSF决定只订购有驾驶室的車型。

2021年3月9日 · The railroad ordered 83 B40-8Ws and were the only four-axle GEs to be equipped as such. Production ended in 1989 with 234 locomotives produced, eclipsing its predecessor B39-8s production run of 145 locomotives. Today, the B40-8 and B40-8W models survive on just one Class I railroad — BNSF Railway.

Diesel & Electric Locomotive Specifications, 1981, by F. K. Hudson.

The B40-8W, also known as the Dash 8-40BW, is a four-axle diesel locomotive that was manufactured by GE Transportation specifically for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This locomotive belongs to the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.

The Dash 8-40BW, or B40-8W, is a four-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. It is part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives.