Electro-Motive Division built a total of 2,222 GP38-2s for 59 railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, making the model a best seller. Several hundred of them were customized to railroad specifications, such as Missouri Pacific’s request for a four stack exhaust system. On February 23, 1985, MP GP38-2 No. 2009 leading an Ogden to Salt Lake City Union Pacific freight, departs Ogden, Utah.
