Rebuilds
In 1982 and 1983, Santa Fe's San Bernardino shops remanufactured F45s 5900-5939. They emerged as 5950-5989, were painted in a blue and yellow version of the warbonnet, and were redesignated SDF45s. Electrically they were upgraded to SD45-2 standards. Mechanically, they were re-geared from 59:18 to 60:17, reducing their top speed from 89 mph (143 km/h) to 83 mph (134 km/h).
In the late 1980s Santa Fe again re-geared them - this time to 62:15 for 71 mph (114 km/h).
MotivePower Industries used their 5989 as an EPA Tier-I emissions test bed in 2002. Metra in Chicago had ordered 27 MP36PH-3 passenger locomotives for commuter service. To test their emissions, 5989's 20-645-E3 was replaced with the MP36PH-3's 16-645-F3B and cooling system, and its traction motors removed.
GN 438, later BN 6611, became a load-test box at the Alstom shop in Montreal.
Morrison-Knudsen used the cowls from several scrapped BN F45s to rebuild eleven GP40s into GP40FH-2 locomotives for New Jersey Transit. 4130-4139 were completed in 1987, and 4141 in 1989. (New cowls were fabricated for 4140 and 4142-4144.)
Morrison-Knudsen used both cowls and cabs from scrapped BN F45s, to construct five F40PHL-2 locomotives on GP40 frames. They are Tri-rail 801-805, completed in 1988.
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