GE U33C

GE U33C

BN #5738 leads a freight train through Livingston, Montana.
Type and origin
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder GE Transportation Systems
Model U33C
Build date January 1968 January 1975
Total produced 375
Specifications
AAR wheel arr. C-C
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Performance figures
Power output 3,300 hp (2.5 MW)
Career
Locale North America

The GE U33C is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between January 1968 and January 1975.[1] 375 examples of this locomotive were built for 11 North American railroads and one construction contractor.

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Numbers
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 25 8500-8524
Burlington Northern Railroad 39 5725-5763 (5764-5765 ex S J Groves)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 4 8000-8003
Delaware and Hudson Railway 9 754-762
Erie Lackawanna Railway 15 3301-3315
Great Northern Railway 15 2530–2544
S J Groves & Sons Construction 2 507-508 (later to BN)
Illinois Central Railroad 10 5050-5059
Northern Pacific Railway 10 3300-3309
Penn Central 24 6540-6563
Southern Railway 10 3805-3814
Southern Pacific Railroad 212 8585-8796

References

  1. "General Electric U33C as Santa Fe 8511". Railmodel Journal. Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press. 6 (12): 28–31. May 1995.
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