| GE C40-8M |
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BC Rail 4625, a Dash 8-40CM, sitting alone at Walbridge, Ohio on December 30, 2022. |
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| Career |
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| Operators | See table |
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| Locale | North America, Canada |
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| Disposition | All retired and to be scrapped, QNSL units scrapped, 1 preserved, 1 selected for preservation |
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The GE C40-8M was a 6-axle diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems from 1990 to 1994. It was part of the GE Dash 8 Series of freight locomotives, and was often referred to as a Dash 8-40CM.
Mechanically identical to the Dash 8-40CW, the Dash 8-40CM was constructed only for Canadian railways, with a production total of 84 units. It was distinguished from the Dash 8-40CW by the addition of a full-width "Draper Taper" style cowl body, of which they were the last locomotives built with this feature, and the use of a Canadian-specific nose and windshield configuration. The trucks also differ; all units built ride on Dofasco Hi-Ad trucks identical to locomotives built by Montreal Locomotive Works, Bombardier, and Morrison-Knudsen.