List of preserved EMD SD45-series locomotives

This is a summary, listing every diesel locomotive from the SD45-series in preservation. This list includes the models SD45, SDP45, SD45-2 and SD45T-2.

SD45

Photograph Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
31598 Great Northern 400 May 1966 SD45 May 2009 Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) in Duluth, Minnesota [1][2]
31991 Southern Pacific 7457 August 1966 SD45R February 7, 2001 On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah
32464 Kansas City Southern de México 1200 June 1966 SD45 On static display at the Rail Museum of Heroica Matamoros in Matamoros, Mexico Built as demonstrator unit no. 4354
33038 Northern Pacific 3617 May 1967 SD45 March 1987 Operational at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum (LSRM) in Duluth, Minnesota
33107 Erie Lackawanna 3607 June 1967 SD45 - National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri [3][4]
35532 Norfolk and Western 1776 February 1970 SD45 Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) - On static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation (VMT) in Roanoke, Virginia
37147 Wisconsin Central 7525 August 1971 SD45 - Operational at the Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) in Union, Illinois [5]
37715 Seaboard Coast Line 2024 September 1971 SD45 - Operational at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Currently painted as Clinchfield 3632

SDP45

Serial no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
34980 Erie Lackawanna 3639 May 1969 SDP45 - Stored at the Virginia Museum of Transportation

SD45-2

Photograph Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
72642-18 Santa Fe 5704 May 1973 SD45-2u 2008 Moved to the Southern California Railway Museum (SCRM) in Perris, California. [6][7]
74601-5 CSX 8954 August 1974 SD45-2 2011 Under ownership of the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia [8][9]

SD45T-2

Photograph Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References
7336-28 Southern Pacific 6819 March 1972 SD45T-2R July 12, 2001 Operational at the California State Railroad Museum (CSRM) in Sacramento, California

Formerly preserved, scrapped

Works no. Locomotive Build date Model Former operators Retire date Last seen Scrap date Notes References
34396 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 3200 March 1969 SD45R June 20, 2001 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania November 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ "Former Great Northern SD45 No 400 Hustle Muscle heading to Duluth | Trains Magazine". Trains. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "GN 441 Luxury Locomotive Lodge: GN 400 "Hustle Muscle"". www.gn441.com. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. ^ "Erie-Lackawanna Railway #3607". National Museum of Transportation. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  4. ^ "Eire-Lackawanna #3607". stlouisnrhs.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  5. ^ "Wisconsin Central 7525". Illinois Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  6. ^ "Blast from the past: Santa Fe 5704 is back in bicentennial paint scheme". BNSF Railway. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  7. ^ "Southern California Railroad Museum adds ATSF bicentennial SD45-2 to collection". Trains. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  8. ^ Miller, Chuck (2018-08-31). "CSX Transportation Donates Rare Locomotive to Southeastern Railway Museum". Southeastern Railway Museum. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  9. ^ "CSX donates SD45-2 to Georgia museum". Trains Magazine. 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2025-03-17.