Preserve an SD40M-2 from Southern Pacific (or even Canadian Pacific if possible)
The issue
(Photo by Seth Cullers)
Not one SD40M-2 (rebuilt from an SD40, SD45 or SDP45) has been used by a scenic railroad nor a museum, this petition will get someone to persuade one of the owners of a former SP or even CP SD40M-2 that isn't using one in revenue service anymore to donate said SD40M-2 to a museum or scenic railroad and have it restored to operating condition and in its SP colours. So, we can have at least one (maybe two or more) SD40M-2s in preservation as some are stored, rusting away, some still in revenue service (could get retired and would possibly get stored or scrapped in the future), while some are getting scrapped.
Most of them also got sold to Locomotives Take Exits Company (LTEX; actual name "Larry's Truck and Electric"), and LTEX has been ignorant, where we just do nothing but watch and cry as the extinction of specific locomotives happen, especially made worse with the shutdown of NREX's "Paducah" facility in August 2026. It would be a miracle if LTEX did actually donate an SD40M-2 to a museum or heritage railroad, like an actual miracle.
Webb Asset Management (WAMX) probably wouldn't be able to donate one SP SD40M-2 to a museum or heritage railroad, and if they could do that, it would also be a miracle.
Dieselmotive Company, Inc. / Bruggere and Monson Leasing Company (BUGX) has three SD40M-2 locomotives on their roster (#2746, #2768 and #2779), but all three of those units haven't been given to a scenic railroad nor a museum, but those three BUGX locomotives were sold to Noah McCann / SP Rail Group, Ltd. (SPTX), and they are as of 2026, nowhere to be seen, obviously not at a museum, unless if they do go to a museum, it would be a miracle if Noah did actually donate any of the three SD40M-2s to a museum or heritage railroad, at all. Like an actual miracle.
Now some of you could say that "Rocky Mountaineer Railtours is a tourist railroad". Well, your wrong, as it's been confirmed according to a member of Rocky Mountaineer Railtours (RMRX), that none of the units on their roster are considered "preserved", therefore translating it to a truthful correction as; Rocky Mountaineer Railtours is actually a shortline railroad, not a preservation society.
And that is what this petition is all about. Once we have as many signatures for this petition, and when a former SP SD40M-2 gets donated to a scenic railroad or a museum for preservation, we will declare victory.
So what are you waiting for?? SAVE THE SD40M-2!
Support the petition and spread the following words here:
#SaveTheSD40M-2
#PreserveTheSD40M-2
#PreserveMorrisonKnudsen
#PreserveMorrisonKnudsenHistory
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The issue
(Photo by Seth Cullers)
Not one SD40M-2 (rebuilt from an SD40, SD45 or SDP45) has been used by a scenic railroad nor a museum, this petition will get someone to persuade one of the owners of a former SP or even CP SD40M-2 that isn't using one in revenue service anymore to donate said SD40M-2 to a museum or scenic railroad and have it restored to operating condition and in its SP colours. So, we can have at least one (maybe two or more) SD40M-2s in preservation as some are stored, rusting away, some still in revenue service (could get retired and would possibly get stored or scrapped in the future), while some are getting scrapped.
Most of them also got sold to Locomotives Take Exits Company (LTEX; actual name "Larry's Truck and Electric"), and LTEX has been ignorant, where we just do nothing but watch and cry as the extinction of specific locomotives happen, especially made worse with the shutdown of NREX's "Paducah" facility in August 2026. It would be a miracle if LTEX did actually donate an SD40M-2 to a museum or heritage railroad, like an actual miracle.
Webb Asset Management (WAMX) probably wouldn't be able to donate one SP SD40M-2 to a museum or heritage railroad, and if they could do that, it would also be a miracle.
Dieselmotive Company, Inc. / Bruggere and Monson Leasing Company (BUGX) has three SD40M-2 locomotives on their roster (#2746, #2768 and #2779), but all three of those units haven't been given to a scenic railroad nor a museum, but those three BUGX locomotives were sold to Noah McCann / SP Rail Group, Ltd. (SPTX), and they are as of 2026, nowhere to be seen, obviously not at a museum, unless if they do go to a museum, it would be a miracle if Noah did actually donate any of the three SD40M-2s to a museum or heritage railroad, at all. Like an actual miracle.
Now some of you could say that "Rocky Mountaineer Railtours is a tourist railroad". Well, your wrong, as it's been confirmed according to a member of Rocky Mountaineer Railtours (RMRX), that none of the units on their roster are considered "preserved", therefore translating it to a truthful correction as; Rocky Mountaineer Railtours is actually a shortline railroad, not a preservation society.
And that is what this petition is all about. Once we have as many signatures for this petition, and when a former SP SD40M-2 gets donated to a scenic railroad or a museum for preservation, we will declare victory.
So what are you waiting for?? SAVE THE SD40M-2!
Support the petition and spread the following words here:
#SaveTheSD40M-2
#PreserveTheSD40M-2
#PreserveMorrisonKnudsen
#PreserveMorrisonKnudsenHistory
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Petition created on 27 February 2025