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GE 45-ton switcher
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1941· 4-axle diesel locomotive
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GE45Ton SanAntonioTX: William J. Grimes· Public domain
- 2. 1942 GE 45 Ton locomotive at the Texas Transportation Museum, Mar 2017: Ironmatic1· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. GE45Ton SpencerNC NCTM: The original uploader was William Grimes at English Wikipedia .· Public domain
- 4. GE 45-Ton Switcher at MSU's T. B. Simon Power Plant: Michael P. Kube-McDowell· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Alaska Transportation Museum, Wasilla GE 45-Tonner No. 7324, July 2009: Jay Cross· CC BY 2.0
- 6. GE-45-ton-switcher No. 206 at the Sioux City Railroad Museum - 2024: Joseph Gage· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. NCPA L3 GE 45 Tonner at the North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer - May 2024: Pensyfan19· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The GE 45-ton switcher is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Electric between 1940 and 1956.
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
- 1941–1956
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 112 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513246, Wikipedia: GE 45-ton switcher (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.