The EMD Model 40 was a two-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between April 1940 and April 1943. Nicknamed "critters", eleven examples of this locomotive were built. Powered by twin General Motors Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesel engines, which produce a combined 300 horsepower.
Original buyers included the Old Ben Coal Corporation, the Farmer's Union Co-op,
the United States Army and the United States Navy.
An HO scale model of the Model 40 is currently produced by Athearn. It is Digital Command Control plug equipped.
(as seen in the below photo)
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