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GE B36-7
🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Transportation· from 1980· 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CSXT 5842 GE B36-7: YamahaFreak ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Conrail B36-7 5054 at Cove, PA (24911988614): railfan 44· Public domain
- 3. Southern Pacific SP 7759 (B36-7) (10586405453): Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China· CC0
- 4. St Louis Southwestern GE B36-7 7773 (50327765131): Craig Garver from Tucson, Arizona, United States· CC0
- 5. CSX 9247 Old Boat: Nate Beal· CC BY 2.0
- 6. CSX Loco No.9249: Railfan Jack ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The GE B36-7 is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between January 1980 and September 1985. 222 examples of this locomotive were built for North American railroads and eight units were built for a Colombian coal mining operation. The units were designed as successors to GE's U36B's.
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- 2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1980–1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- 230
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.8 MW
- 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 Q5513254, Wikipedia: GE B36-7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.