CP's SD40 2Fs - "Red Barns"

The SD40-2Fs were built by GM in 1988 for CP using the full carbody with the Draper Taper used on CN's SD50Fs and SD60Fs. They were nicknamed "Red Barns"
Retirement began in 2012 with most if not all retired by 2015. Some have been sold to CM&Q.
They are seen in operation in various parts of Western Canada between 1991 and 2011.

[@jamesstuart3346]

Hats off to everyone who worked and sacrificed to build this magnificent railroad across our beautiful country

[@rottenroads1982]

Triclops Cab + Cowl Body = Beautiful Locomotive.

[@daver7465]

Great video! I love these unique locomotives. Years after David passed away I'm glad his videos still populate my KZbin feed.

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

Aaaand now here we are in 2020, with some CMQ SD40-2Fs freely roaming about around the CP system. They've been all over the place as far as upstate NY and even Chicagoland recently!

[@daniellaubach7544]

Yep. I'm a fan of 3000HP SD40-2's that CP has on their roster workhorses. Saw plenty of them here in Pa on the former D&H Sunbury main thru the 90's. Even them redbarn's made their appearance either north or southbound freights on the D&H. The big & small pacman's dual flags the Soo inspired red paint editions before the GE AC4400 hundreds became prevalent on the main. Now NS has become the new owner of the former Delaware & Hudson main.

[@robscott8296]

6:12 my favorite Canadian horn and bell

[@lexpo181]

Excellent video! I loved these locos. I saw some of those on the CP/QGRY grain trains for Quebec city about a decade ago.

[@cpeast]

Beautiful! Loved every minute of your videos. Brings me back to my younger years, and nice to see 5910 in there, my favorite SD40-2.

[@schnuurtchke]

Cp rail was better in the 90s than now

[@deanpurcell7771]

Nice post, you have some great footage there!

[@Maine_Railfan]

Luckily 10 were purchased by CMQ and are in service today.

[@therailfanman2078]

And now CP has them again

[@briansokoloski776]

I also have seen some of the Red Barns around Golden Bc used in the pusher division.

[@trainboi21]

missing the Barns. thanks for sharing !

[@david-othen]

+trainboi21 You are welcome. I hope to see them on CM&Q

[@david-othen]

+David Othen The SD40-2 seem to be very robust engines so there could well be more life in them especially after a rebuild.

[@kittycraft]

Awesome! Red Barns were some of my favorite GMD units. Can't wait to buy a model of them from Bowser next year.

[@david-othen]

+No Na Me Of course it was CN that developed this particular style of carbody but they used it on SD50 & SD60 locomotive as well as on GE Dash8s

[@kittycraft]

Yea, at least CN still has some of the SD60F's and C40-8M's running around. (As well as BC Rail's C40-8M's) Been lucky to catch a couple of the remaining cowl units (Mainly the GE's) on CN 528/529 in the last year or so

[@david-othen]

+No Na Me Yes, See my video on CN's SD60Fs kzbin.info/www/bejne/bojTaph_eLmrmKc and Dash 8s kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5uWaGWuo72le6c

[@WallyDWolf]

Nice, nice video, great scenery! Take me there!

[@newbostontruck1823]

I have seen the delivered to CMQ, however not on the rails yet. I'll keep you posted. Great job as always!

[@david-othen]

+NewBoston Truck 1 Thanks. I hope to see them in operation sometime and perhaps get some video.

[@johndoe-zk1yu]

9022 was damaged by a fire and repaired.9017 is painted as a Bangor& Aroostook heritage unit. They all have been painted in CMQ blue and gray.

[@davidallen6333]

Great video compilation David well done !

[@AmtrakCSXFan457]

Well we do have some coming back into service with some painted into the Golden Beaver Paint Scheme.

[@mbta1000]

A few of them made it into the US on sulphur trains in the early 2000's.

[@david-othen]

Now they are frequently seen on the Central Maine & Quebec Railway.

[@briansokoloski776]

Are any in the CP Rail museum

[@JohnNyren65]

Wonderful video!

[@Albertarailfan69]

Wow that's awesome

[@bcrnfan]

I hope at least one of them gets saved somewhere.

[@david-othen]

+bcrnfan Well it will probably depend on what CMQ does with them.

[@Maine_Railfan]

10 are still in service on CMQ.

[@johndoe-zk1yu]

the cmq in maine has some of them

[@raymondwedley]

Like The CP Locomotive Of The Red Barn

[@devvydoesstuff]

am i the only one who thought the sd40-2f was a f59ph made to serve freight

[@Metrolinkguy865]

I like Canadian pacifics red barns

[@rottenroads1982]

Quick Question, but why Can’t the US have more locomotives like this? I say that General Electric and EMD should return to the Cowl Body Freight Locomotives.

[@tyfrank3427]

I don't know why CP retired their SD 40-2s and now they use a lot of foreign power

[@Maine_Railfan]

Ty Frank they were older and less fuel efficient.

[@detroitdieselseries5071]

@@Maine_Railfan blame hunter Harrison, he retired a lot of locomotives

[@RG-fc7ht]

Wait thy made a Sd40-2 streamlined like The F/E series that replaced steam

[@SouthernPacificPatch]

American Tanker It wasn’t designed to be aesthetically pleasing. The cowl was to give crews working on the engine shelter during the harsh Canadian winters.

[@spedseacanuck]

@@SouthernPacificPatch eh, looks good to me, I'm not a big fan of the standard cab locos, except the GP30

[@scottc702]

Why the blanked out windows on 5768?

[@TrainGeek]

A few of CP's SD40-2 units were "B" units where the windows were plated over and they were operated in the middle of consists, never leading. I believe they were equipped with Locotrol for distributed operation. Some were returned to leader status later on.

[@scottc702]

thanks!

[@brok3nD1am0nd45]

They look similar to the FP45

[@privatepenguin9422]

rail train

[@LeroyUrocyon]

These locomotives look like fire trucks