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GE three-power boxcab
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1930· American electro-diesel locomotive
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- 1. NYC 1528: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The GE three-power boxcabs were early electro-diesel hybrid switcher locomotives.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 41
- kind
- Electro-diesel & battery
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- designer
- General Electric
- operators
- New York Central Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- top speed
- 64 km/h
- power
- 224 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 115 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513320, Wikipedia: GE three-power boxcab (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.