Real Train Database

The EMD SW1200 entered production in January 1954, immediately following the conclusion of SW9 production in late 1953, and represented the third generation of 1,200-horsepower switchers produced by …

The SW1200 was powered by the EMD 567C prime mover, a 12-cylinder version of EMD's well-regarded 567 engine family, producing 1,200 horsepower and driving the …

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The EMD SW1500 was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1966 and 1974. It entered the EMD product line as a successor to the SW1200, offer…

The SW1500 was powered by the EMD 645E prime mover, a member of the widely used 645 series of two-stroke diesel engines that EMD introduced in 1965. This engin…

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The EMD SW1504 is a diesel-electric switching locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division and sold exclusively to Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, the national railway system of…

The SW1504 is built on a B-B wheel arrangement, meaning it rides on two two-axle trucks, with all four axles powered. The locomotive produces 1,500 horsepower …

The EMD SW600 was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division from February 1954 through January 1962. It was introduced as a replacement for the earlier …

The SW600 was powered by an EMD 567C prime mover configured as a six-cylinder engine, which produced 600 horsepower. This placed the locomotive at the lower bo…

The EMD SW7 was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division beginning in October 1949. It served as a direct successor to the earlier NW2, which had offe…

The SW7 was powered by the EMD 567B prime mover, a 12-cylinder version of EMD's reliable 567-series engine family, producing 1,200 horsepower. This represented…

The EMD SW8 was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division in the United States and General Motors Diesel in Canada between September 1950 and February …

The SW8 was powered by an EMD 567-series prime mover, with early production units using the 567B eight-cylinder engine and later examples, built from October 1…

The EMD SW9 was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive produced by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between November 1950 and December 1953. It served as the direct successor to the SW7, carryi…

The SW9 was powered by the EMD 567B prime mover, a 12-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine producing 1,200 horsepower, driving DC traction motors arranged in a B-…

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The EMD SW900 was a diesel switcher locomotive produced by General Motors Electro-Motive Division beginning in late 1953, serving as the successor to the SW8 in EMD's catalog. The model designation r…

The SW900 was powered by an EMD 567C prime mover in eight-cylinder configuration, producing 900 horsepower and driving the locomotive through a direct current …

General Electric introduced the 44-ton switcher in 1940, and the locomotive quickly found a niche in both industrial service and on short line and Class I railroads throughout North America and beyon…

The 44-ton switcher used a B-B wheel arrangement, with two two-axle trucks providing a relatively light axle loading well suited to industrial trackage and bra…

General Electric introduced the 70-ton switcher during the early 1940s as part of its growing line of diesel-electric locomotives aimed at branch line, industrial, and yard switching duties. The desi…

The GE 70-ton switcher was built around a B-B wheel arrangement, meaning it rode on two two-axle trucks with all four axles powered. This configuration provide…

General Electric produced the 95-ton switcher as part of its long-running line of industrial and yard switching locomotives during the mid-1950s. Between 1954 and 1956, GE built a total of fifteen of…

The GE 95-tonner was powered by two Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines, a pairing that delivered a combined output of 750 horsepower. The use of twin prime movers …

The GE AC4400CW entered production in 1993 as General Electric Transportation Systems sought to offer American railroads a high-horsepower road locomotive equipped with alternating current traction t…

The AC4400CW is powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover, a sixteen-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine producing 4,400 horsepower, and rides on a C-C wheel arrangeme…

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The AC44C6M emerged from a cooperative effort between GE Transportation and several North American railroads seeking a cost-effective alternative to purchasing new AC-traction locomotives outright. T…

The AC44C6M is built on the underframe of either a C40-8W or a C44-9W donor locomotive, retaining the original engine compartment, radiator section, and the 16…

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The GE AC6000CW emerged from an intense horsepower competition between the two dominant American locomotive manufacturers during the early to mid 1990s. General Electric, based in Erie, Pennsylvania,…

The AC6000CW is a six-axle, AC-traction diesel-electric locomotive riding on a Co'Co' wheel arrangement, meaning each of its two trucks carries three independe…

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The GE ALP-45DP is a dual-mode passenger locomotive developed by General Electric to meet the specific operational needs of commuter railroads that must transition between electrified and non-electri…

The ALP-45DP is built on a B-B wheel arrangement, meaning it rides on two four-wheel powered bogies, a configuration well suited to the speed and weight requir…

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The GE B23-7 entered production in late 1977 as the direct successor to General Electric's U23B, which had been manufactured from early 1968 through mid-1977. The new model represented GE's transitio…

The B23-7 is built around GE's FDL12 prime mover, a 12-cylinder version of the FDL engine family that GE had developed for its locomotive line. The FDL engine …

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The GE B30-7 was introduced in 1977 as part of General Electric's Dash 7 series, representing the manufacturer's effort to refine and improve upon the earlier Universal series locomotives. It served …

The B30-7 was powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover, a 16-cylinder four-stroke turbocharged diesel engine producing 3,000 horsepower for traction. The locomotive r…

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The GE B30-7A emerged from General Electric's broader Dash 7 locomotive program as a variant of the B30-7 road switcher, with production running from 1981 into 1982. The model represented a refinemen…

The B30-7A is powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover in its standard configuration, though the defining characteristic of the A variant within the B30-7 family was …

The B30-7A1 was a specialized subvariant of General Electric's B30-7 family, produced as part of the broader Dash 7 series that GE developed through the late 1970s and early 1980s. Only twelve exampl…

The B30-7A1 was powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover, a sixteen-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine producing 3,000 horsepower, driving DC traction motors in a B-…

The GE B36-7 was a four-axle diesel-electric road switcher produced by General Electric Transportation Systems between January 1980 and September 1985. Conceived as a successor to the earlier U36B, t…

The B36-7 was powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover, a turbocharged 16-cylinder four-cycle engine that produced 3,600 horsepower in early production units, with la…

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The GE C30-7 entered production in September 1976 as General Electric's answer to the growing demand for high-horsepower six-axle road locomotives during the mid-1970s. It represented an evolutionary…

The C30-7 is powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover, a 16-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine producing 3,000 horsepower. The FDL series had been developed by GE ov…

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The GE C30-7A was a specialized variant of General Electric's successful C30-7 road switcher, produced exclusively for Conrail in 1984. All 50 units were assembled between May and June of that year, …

The most significant engineering distinction separating the C30-7A from the standard C30-7 was the use of a 12-cylinder version of the GE FDL diesel engine rat…

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The GE C36-7 emerged in 1978 as General Electric's answer to growing demand for higher-horsepower six-axle freight locomotives. Developed as a successor to the earlier U36C model, the C36-7 represent…

The C36-7 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive riding on a C-C wheel arrangement, with each of its two three-axle trucks powered by individual traction mot…

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The GE C36-7E was a specialized export variant of General Electric's successful C36-7 road switcher, produced in 1984 as part of GE's broader Series 7 locomotive family. A total of 25 units were cons…

The C36-7E was powered by GE's FDL16 prime mover, a 16-cylinder version of the FDL engine family that had become a cornerstone of GE's locomotive product line.…