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BNSF B40-8 no. 577 at Havelock, Nebraska, in October 2014. As of 2015, this is the only active Dash 8 in ATSF blue and yellow paint on the BNSF system.
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A total of 151 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads.
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Diesel-electric
GE Transportation
AAR
Gauge
standard gauge
Prime mover
hp
kW
Class
North America
diesel-electric locomotive
GE Transportation
GE Dash 8 Series
GE Dash 8-40BW
GE Dash 8-40BP
P40DC
P42DC
P32AC-DM

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Conrail
General Electric
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway

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