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GE 25-ton switcher
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1941· small 150hp diesel locomotive by General Electric
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. New Haven 050 at P&W Railfan Club Museum, July 2021: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. GE 25T 507 ALL: Jean Carlos Kuester· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. GE 25 Tonner: Ham549· CC0
what is it?
The GE 25-ton switcher (also known as a 25-tonner) is a model of diesel-electric switcher locomotive that was produced by GE Transportation at their Erie, Pennsylvania, facility between 1941 and 1974. Most examples were produced for industrial customers or the United States Armed Forces, although a number of examples were purchased by freight railroads as well. The majority of production was for customers in the United States and Canada, but export models were produced for buyers on five continents.
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1941–1974
- status
- in service
- number built
- 550
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- operators
- United States Armed Forces
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 112 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- nicknames
- Critter
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q108044597, Wikipedia: GE 25-ton switcher (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.