GE U33C
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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
[edit]Railroad | Quantity | Numbers |
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 25 | 8500-8524 |
Burlington Northern Railroad | 39 | 5725-5763 |
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 to Burlington Northern 5700-5714 5701 was wrecked and never wore the BN Cascade Green. |
S J Groves & Sons Construction | 2 | 507-508 to Burlington Northern 5764-5765 |
Illinois Central Railroad | 10 | 5050-5059 |
Northern Pacific Railway | 10 | 3300-3309 to Burlington Northern 5715-5724 |
Penn Central | 24 | 6540-6563 |
Southern Railway | 10 | 3805-3814 |
Southern Pacific Railroad | 212 | 8585-8796 |
Three former Conrail (née Erie Lackawanna) units were rebuilt in 1987 and sold to Island Creek Coal for the Antaibao surface mine in China.
A cab built from numerous GE locomotive parts representing D&H #757 survives at the Toronto Railway Museum and is currently in use as a locomotive simulator.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Electric U33C as Santa Fe 8511". Railmodel Journal. 6 (12). Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press: 28–31. May 1995.
- ^ U33C Delaware & Hudson Simulator Toronto Railway Historical Association
- "General Electric's U33C". Diesel Era: 31–46, 60. January–February 1996.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to GE U33C locomotives.
- Thompson, J. David. GE U33C Original Owners.
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- General Electric locomotives
- C-C locomotives
- Diesel-electric locomotives of the United States
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1968
- Freight locomotives
- Standard gauge locomotives of the United States
- Southern Pacific Railroad locomotives
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway locomotives
- Milwaukee Road locomotives
- Great Northern Railway (United States) locomotives
- Northern Pacific Railway locomotives
- Locomotives of Southern Railway (U.S.)
- Diesel locomotive stubs